Musings of a Manic: Personal Reflections of Idealism and Activism

This is a collection of narratives about the author’s desire for social change and the championing of gay rights -- even before it was popular. This is the life’s account of John P. Feldman, who, as an isolated and polite 21-year-old, almost took his life due to the confusion he felt growing up during one of the nation’s most turbulent social periods. Having grown up through the tumultuous decades of the 1960s and 1970s, the author offers up his own ruminations on momentous historical events and social issues, and he casts a critical eye over some of the institutions that have affected the lives of many Americans. Moreover, this is an exposition that highlights friendship and hardship, illness and upheaval; it emphasizes the importance of loyalty and determination, while arguing the case for being aware of one’s own civic duty.