Drop City By T C Boyle

It is 1970 and a downattheheels California commune devoted to peace free love and the simple life has decided to relocate to the last frontierthe unforgiving landscape of interior Alaskain the ultimate expression of going back to the land. Armed with the spirit of adventure and naive optimism the inhabitants of Drop City arrive in the wilderness of Alaska only to find their utopia already populated by other young homesteaders. When the two communities collide unexpected friendships a