John Walters

World Without Pain: the Story of a Search John Walters

Publisher Marketing: In the 1970s, after the Altamont Rock Festival, the Manson Family cult murders, and the fiasco of the Vietnam War many young people, disillusioned by the hippy movement, began to leave their homelands and travel to the far places of the world. Hoping to find drugs, sex, freedom and excitement, they more often were confronted with destitution, despair, disease, loneliness, and culture shock. As a young writer wishing to break out of the familiar rut in which he was stagnating, Walters hit the road during this time, first to Europe, then onward to the Indian Subcontinent. He sampled Buddhism and radical Christianity; he wandered alone in the Himalayas; he listened to strange gurus spouting stranger doctrines; he watched the people around him deteriorating and dying in the lands of the East. As he traveled onward he became fascinated with the road itself, and determined to discover its secrets. He wondered what it was that gave the road its alluring power, and he forsook everything else to find out. His story will appeal to those who lived through the turmoil of the 60s and 70s, to those who are hungering after spiritual fulfillment, to writers and other artists in search of their voice and their inspiration, and to anyone who loves a true story of adventure and excitement in strange lands. Contributor Bio:  Walters, John John Walters is a staff writer at "Sports Illustrated on Campus", which is distributed to Division I college campuses, and has worked at its parent magazine, "Sports llustrated", since 1989. A 1988 graduate of the University of Notre Dame, Walters co-authored "Basketball for Dummies" with former Fighting Irish basketball coach Digger Phelps and is the author of "The Same River Twice: A Season" with Geno Auriemma and the Connecticut Huskies. He lives in New York City.