I Tried to Be Free: Personal Memoirs of Chuck Taylor, Jr.

Chuck Taylor Jr., writer, poet, educator, lover, father, and icon. Taylor has inspired generations of creatives in the Southern and Western USA and beyond.From teaching in Japan to scrounging in the 1970's Dallas underground, from funky Austin of the '80's, to his youth in the Midwest and Southeast, Dr. Taylor holds nothing back as he shares his life and times, his joys and defeats.Chuck Taylor, founder of the influential small publishing house, Slough Press, has earned the status of "legend"...these are his memoirs.