Bus Love: Stories of Life and Adventure with the VW Bus

In the first section of this book, Microbus Memories, several authors recount childhood or first experiences with Buses owned by family or friends in years past. Busing Today reflects the trials of finding and keeping a VW Bus. In The Shape of Busing to Come are stories of conjecture: what will the VW Bus mean in 25 or 50 years? And in the section, Bus Phantasmagoria, are tales on the edge, imaginings that could be plots for The Twilight Zone. The final article "The Origin of the VW Bus," reveals details of the inspiration and design of the Type 2, giving credit where it's due. Most of these stories appeared over the years in Old Bus Review, some have been published elsewhere, and a few have never been published before.

Contents:

Introduction Tom Brouillette

Forward David Eccles

Acknowledgements

Better, Best, More Better, and Most Bestest John Lago

School Colors Howard Pitkow

Spirit of '76 Kristen Caven

My First Drive in a Bus J.P. Henriksen

Mid-Life Crisis Bus Story Michael Kluckner

The Family Bus Raffi Minasian

Kombi at the Crossroads Tom Forhan

Truth & Beauty Rick MacCornack

Daily Driver Delusions Everett Barnes

The Treasure Bus Keith Price

Bus Farming in Rhode Island J.-P. Jacquet

My Childhood Flash qFiasco

I Almost Bought a Conversion Van Michelle D'Amic

Our Anniversary Marek Zebrowski

All That Plus Evidence of Other Struggles John Lago

Driving Tips: VW Buses & Sub-Zero Weather Tim Rundquist

Tired of Life? Rainer Müller

Wimpy, Wimpy, Wimpy Lois Grace

The Novel Solution Chris Pollard

I Was Hauling In My Bus One Day Clara Williams

One December Day Jim Bryant

The New Microbus Dan Proudfoot

Very Wild BUS Stewart Alcorn

Night of the '54 Barndoor Ron Van Ness-Otunnu

SPLAT Stewart Alcorn

The 5th Van Ken Wilford

The Origin of the VW Bus Dan Proudfoot

Author & Artist Biographies

Glossary

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