The One-man Iris Davis Fan Club - by Dan L Walker (Paperback)

About the Book

Graduation in 1969 was the start of something big for Sam Barger. Before him looms college, the military draft, and a pregnant girlfriend. Trying to do the right thing for Iris and searching for himself, he makes his way across the West.

Book Synopsis

With high school behind him, Sam Barger was ready to make 1969 his year. He would finally become a setnet fisherman as he'd always dreamed. Sam soon learned that dreams and reality often differ. The fishing turned sour, the military draft was threatening, and his girlfriend was pregnant. With Tricky Dick in the White House, peace talks in Paris, and war in Vietnam, all of America was in turmoil. Soon, Sam found himself on a noble quest through this unfamiliar and sometimes hostile world. He crossed several western states as he tried to support Iris and do the right thing. Aided by unlikely allies, Sam and Iris both found their way through numerous challenges. The One-Man Iris Davis Fan Club continues the story of Sam Barger from Secondhand Summer and Back Home and paints an authentic picture of teen pregnancy in the 1960s.

Review Quotes

Walker is one of those young adult novel authors writing for adults as well as kids. Intended or not, Back Home is a commentary on our times as well. It's a reminder that battle fatigue comes from more than just warfare. It comes from living in a society at odds with itself. David James, Anchorage Daily News