Along for the Ride by James Anhalt

James Anhalt's recently published novel is available on Amazon. It is the story behind the headlines of what tipped the scales enabling religious fundamentalists, bigots, and isolationists to get a stranglehold on the Republican Party. In 1975, Evangelicals and Televangelists who were dismayed by the sexual revolution of the 60s, formed a counter-revolution that ultimately turned Southern Democrats into hardcore Republican voters.
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In this somewhat true adventure, three very different people get in the way. Riley Blick is tall and serious. He wants to get married and become a teacher. Dewey Haze is short and full of jokes. He wants to date hot chicks and become a famous actor. Having survived Vietnam, they try to survive back in a country that changed while they were gone. On a road trip across the country, they land jobs in a religious play produced by a biblical crusader with a covert agenda.
Naomi is a post-grad student attempting to expose the funding sources of an ultra-conservative plot to put Ronald Reagan in the White House. Her goals clash with everyone else's.

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