Tales from Vespucci

Our hero, Michael Brown, earlier seen in The Green Palmers Chronicle as a young boy and in Darwin’s Progress as a grown-up man, now retired, travels with guide and friend Isaiah through the Land of Vespucci, which invites travelers through its many provinces, each of which showcases different cultures and thoughts: some are bizarre, some adventurous, some inspiring, but all of them are always thought-provoking. Throughout his travel across 30 or so provinces, which produce these tales from Vespucci, Michael learns about humanity, his own as much as the Vespuccians themselves, which the author shares with the readers as a cautionary tale in this uniquely original and unforgettable collection of stories, reminiscent of classic Guliver’s Travels.

Jon Huer received his Ph.D. in sociology from UCLA in 1975 and is the author of 20 books on social criticism, art philosophy and political economy. TIME magazine called one of his books, The Dead End, “An important and brilliant book (about) America’s national death wish.” After teaching college for the last 25 years of his career at U.S. military bases around the world, he retired to Greenfield, Massachusetts where he writes bi-weekly columns on U.S. politics and culture for the Greenfield Recorder.

Tales from Vespucci is the third volume in “the Michael Brown Trilogy,” a cautionary tale in which our hero as a retired school principal travels through the Land of Vespucci. He earlier appeared as a young boy in The Green Palmers Chronicle and then later as an adult in Darwin’s Progress.