Into Trouble

"Into Trouble" tells the true story of shy nineteen-year-old Paul Gorman's 1969 backpacking trip to Europe. As a harbinger of things to come, while hitchhiking to Chicago, he experiences 120 mph car chases between ex-convicts and cops, followed by lustful advances. Several weeks after landing in Luxembourg, Gorman heads south in search of sunshine, beaches full of beautiful Scandinavian girls, and cheap prices. He winds up in Franco's Spain: the Canary Islands. While there, he gets into trouble, so much so that the U.S. Department of State gets involved in his case, using him as a pawn in a military arms agreement between the Nixon administration and Spain.

Gorman's adventure is the dramatic and sometimes humorous story of a young man searching for his place in the world, coming to terms with his relationship with his abusive father, chasing after romance, avoiding the draft, and lessons he learned from his travels. Along the lines of "Into The Wild" by Jon Krakauer, "Midnight Express" by Billy Hayes, and "Catch Me If You Can" by Frank Abagnale, this riveting tale will entertain and intrigue you. "It's honest and authentic and, simply, an amazing story."

Edited by Barbara Noe Kennedy, editor of the best seller, "Bad Karma: The True Story of a Mexico Trip From Hell". Barbara spent 23 years as a senior editor of travel books at National Geographic.