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THE ISLA VISTA CRUCIBLE (2012)
by Reilly Ridgell
268 pp.  6" x 9" Softcover
ISBN 978-0-9832861-6-5

Three college roommates try to live and enjoy their student lives while caught up in the frenzy of casual drug use, recreational sex, lacrosse, rock and roll music, political activism, riots, and race relations during the tumultuous 1969-70 school year in the unique student community of Isla Vista.

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Reviews:

4 of 5 stars: "a very special time while our young culture was changing...makes you feel like you are actually watching the events unfold" - Harry

"A walk down memory lane [but] not for the faint of heart" - Cat Neushul, Santa Barbara Independent

"three UC Santa Barbara roommates are trying to live and enjoy their student lives while caught up in the frenzy" - Coastlines Online, the UC Santa Barbara Alumni Association

"Ridgell’s depiction of [1960-70's] undergraduate college life rang true..." John Coyne, Peace Corps Writers Worldwide

"keep[s] the reader riveted to each page" - Carl Hoffman, The 60s Official Site Blog