{"product_id":"dont-follow-me-im-lost-richard-rushfield-9781592405855","title":"Don't Follow Me, I'm Lost: A Memoir of Hampshire College in the Twilight of the '80s","description":"\u003cb\u003eRichard Rushfield takes us on an unforgettable and hilarious trip through higher alternative education in the eighties. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eDon't Follow Me, I'm Lost\u003c\/i\u003e is a strange and salacious memoir about life at the ultimate New England hippie college at the height of Reaganomics. Opening its doors in 1970, Hampshire College was an experiment in progressive education that went hilariously awry. Self- proclaimed nerd Richard Rushfield enrolled with the freshman class of 1986, hoping to shed his wholesome California upbringing in this liberal hideout, where overachievement and preppy clothes were banned. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e By turns hilarious, ironic, and steeped in history, \u003ci\u003eDon't Follow Me, I'm Lost\u003c\/i\u003e takes readers to a campus populated by Deadheads, club kids, poets, and insomniac filmmakers, at a time when America saw the rise of punk and grunge alongside neoconservatism, earnest calls for political correctness, and Take Back the Night vigils. Imagine \u003ci\u003eLord of the Flies\u003c\/i\u003e set on a college campus and you have Richard Rushfield's alma mater experience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Rushfield\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1592405851\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781592405855\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/02\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.98h x 5.34w x 0.81d","brand":"Richard Rushfield","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46250421321983,"sku":"9781592405855","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_12ed05ae-1a3a-46ac-a5e7-82aea138b475.jpg?v=1729600279","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dont-follow-me-im-lost-richard-rushfield-9781592405855","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}