Another Sort of Life

Spurred by boredom and maybe a touch of mid-life crisis, a political scienceprofessor quits the security of academic life and with just the cash in his pocket,a worn-out station wagon and a cargo of books hits the road in search ofsomething different.

economy and the highest unemployment rate since the Great Depression. Hisnew colleagues include neer-do-wells, zanies, bohemians, underachievers, an...