The Big Bang, the Buddha, and the Baby Boom

"Join Wes "Scoop" Nisker on a wild ride between West and East on his quest for true self and enlightenment. Combining personal memoir and social commentary, Nisker illuminates modern America's spiritual hunger and chronicles the formation of today's mindfulness movement. His journey begins in Nebraska as the son of Polish Jewish immigrants and the only young man in his small town to be Bar Mitzvah'ed and continues through the Bay Area's heyday-including the Beat and hippie movements, as seen from his vantage point as a high-profile newscaster-to the birth of the environmental movement and the social and spiritual blossoming of Western culture"--