Impressive story of young peoples coming of age travelling the world, struggling on their journeys, against the backdrop of race, drugs, war, religion and self discovery. Thought provoking and personally relatable.

The six young drifters and various locations are as well described as I remember them being when I read this fifty years ago. He has wonderful observations. However, I get the feeling that Michener wanted to tell us EVERYTHING he knew. He definitely needed a better editor. Too much information becomes annoying. I DID enjoy being taken back into that era and recommend that it be read again OR for the first time.