A Left-Hander on Route 66 - Softcover

Fairfield, Missouri native Hugh Noone knew he had been born on the wrong side of the tracks, and society's reaction to his left-handedness convinced him that he would never enjoy the promise represented by Route 66 or new freedoms of the Sexual Revolution. In fact, he writes his life story from jail, appealing a wrongful conviction and imprisonment twenty years after the event. But revealing the details of his past and effecting a resolution of his case lead to a surprising rearrangement of his views. About Michael Lund's earlier Route 66 novels: "extremely heartwarming and nostalgic look at young people's angst during this age of wonder," says ROUTE 66 FEDERATION NEWS "funny stories of adolescence in the 1950's," says MISSOURI LIFE "a good read," says ROUTE 66 MAGAZINE

Mike Lund grew up in Rolla, Missouri. He received an A.B. from Washington University in St. Louis (1967) and the Ph.D. in English from Emory University in Atlanta (1973). In 1970-71 he served as an Army correspondent in Vietnam. A scholar of nineteenth-century serial novels, he teaches college composition and literature. He and his wife of 34 years live in Virginia and are parents of two grown children.