A real adventure story, told from multiple perspectives. Hippie idealists get back to the land in Alaska ~ will they survive? Plus some biting satire of hippie hypocrisy and redneck violence sprung from boredom. The writing style, social criticism, and general vibe seemed like a cross between Abbey's "The Monkey Wrench Gang" and Wolfe's "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test."I DO wish he didn't wait to the end to let us know about the birth control, because I really could not believe no one had gotten pregnant yet, with all the sleeping around they were doing, but I just chalked that up to suspension of disbelief (my own responsibility as a reader). And that's *really* a petty gripe.The characters were colorful and vivid and the story line was plausible enough to make a good adventure.I want a spin-off novel about Lester and Franklin now :-)