The Transmanaut Chronicles (a Coming of Age Story from 1977)

This is a delightful and entertaining story about four young men who decide to take a trip from El Paso, Texas, to Los Angeles and San Francisco, California. The story centers around Chris who is nineteen years old at the time, and had just graduated from the University of Texas and had been admitted to the university's law school. Chris, his brother Dana, who is now a Major General in the United States Army and two of their closest friends, spend two weeks experiencing the exhilarating joy of traveling free of parental involvement. This is a coming of age story about four young men who take off as teenagers and return as men.