As the Butte Burns - Johnson, Norman P.
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In As the Butte Burns, bizarre mountain experiences abound, shady life choices are explored, and perfect love takes some on the ride of their life. "As the Butte burns" was a phrase coined by disillusioned young people coming to the mountains and discovering they were in a soap opera where, every day, something weird happens to the cast of players and there is always a drama du jour playing out, like it or not. It's a story about coming of age in the turbulent '60s and '70s, when America is digging itself out of Nixon's regime of war mongering and nature polluting, and kids with a new feeling…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
In As the Butte Burns, bizarre mountain experiences abound, shady life choices are explored, and perfect love takes some on the ride of their life. "As the Butte burns" was a phrase coined by disillusioned young people coming to the mountains and discovering they were in a soap opera where, every day, something weird happens to the cast of players and there is always a drama du jour playing out, like it or not. It's a story about coming of age in the turbulent '60s and '70s, when America is digging itself out of Nixon's regime of war mongering and nature polluting, and kids with a new feeling of entitlement head for the hills. Idealists escape the economic grind of everyday bloodsucking corporate America and find Crested Butte, seeking the freedom, personal expression, and challenge of wintering over in one of the harshest environments on earth. Socially, the place was a radical mix of crusty old-timers who stayed and survived the tough times of the '50s and an onslaught of free-loving hippies and other nonconformists, college students, artists, sports nuts, and intellectuals, all contributing to the living experiment that Crested Butte became. This story recreates that brief time in this magical place, like Camelot, where dreams of justice and equality came true briefly, only to wake up in the morning after the dream expires with a terrible hangover.
Autorenporträt
Dr. Norman P. Johnson splits his home between Lake Stevens, Washington and Hawaii. He is divorced, retired, and has two grown daughters. Some of his many former lives include working under the Atomic Energy Commission performing high-energy particle experiments at Argonne National Laboratory. He later became one of the "Higgs Hunters" at the short-lived Superconducting Super Collider, including an in-between stint with NASA, launching science satellites and developing large-scale upper-atmospheric computer simulations that became the basis for all computer weather forecasting today. During the '70s, he spent time touring with major rock bands, gets involved with shady Rock & Roll intrigue, witnesses the backstory on one of Rock's greatest songs, and with Fanfare Productions, designs and builds a new speaker system that delivered the loudest, clearest PA in the industry. He escapes the Nixon oppression by moving to Crested Butte, Colorado, where he designs and builds the first satellite cable TV systems in the Rockies. Dr. Johnson later helped design, deploy, and manage large-scale cellular and satellite digital telecommunications systems worldwide for companies such as Cablevision, Aramco, MCI, and Qualcomm. After the internet crash of 1998, he found himself unemployed and started Accel Net, a high-speed wireless internet provider in Seattle, which he grew into a multi-million-dollar business. He enjoys movies and has spent thousands of hours in obscure projection booths showing vintage 35 and 16mm films. He has penned several books and screenplays, with more written works in progress. In his off hours, he makes and sells a traditional craft Hash, Yeti Scat Trails, enjoys the fruit of his labors, fishes for the wily salmon, skis the flats, restores old things, and hangs with animals and other friends at Norm's Rancho Deluxe. Wa-ha-ho-te'!