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Fearless Puppy on American Road Paperback – March 20, 2013

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Why are so many people running away from things that aren’t chasing them? Travel through Fearless Puppy on American Road with our 15 year old hitchhiking runaway as he escapes a life of drug dealing in Brooklyn. This trip offers solid clues about how to leave excess fears in the dust. Follow the author’s outrageous voyage through every stupid mistake (and most of the saving grace) that humanity has to offer. Laugh at our intrepid lunatic’s ability to land on his feet in spite of himself. You will meet: a man who is his own uncle; specialists in smoke, mirrors, and invisibility; Buddhist wisdom, Christian ethics, Jewish ritual; family values, heavenly Hell’s Angels, phony preachers, domestic violence, domestic solutions, racist killers in America, Canadian race wars; Native American wise men, angelic witches, benevolent heroin addicts, magical birds, martial artists battling neo-Nazis, and the modern day Robin Hood. All manner of sinners and saints travel through this amazing true story that reads like a fantasy. If you put the writings of Kerouac, Chopra, Hunter S. Thompson, Castaneda, Black Elk, Will Rogers, Gandhi, and a clown in a blender with 500 lbs. of additional hallucinogens and a time machine, you would have the writings of Doug Rose. Why would a 15 year old boy with a New York City native’s knowledge of transportation systems shun both public and private transport and opt to spend the next 35 years hitchhiking throughout North America? Why would anyone bypass the relative ease and safety of bus, train, or a car of his own and open himself to all manner of possible disaster by braving the whims of fate and the moods of passersby? Check your mind carefully and prepare to lose some baggage! There’s a hell of a ride waiting for you within the pages of Fearless Puppy on American Road.

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"Once you accept the universe as being something expanding into an infinite nothing which is something, wearing stripes with plaid is easy." Albert Einstein. Doug "Ten" Rose has metaphorically worn stripes and plaid all his life. He has thirty years experience raising funds for various causes under some very adverse personal circumstances. He has invented and directed charity projects involving rock stars, pro sports teams, governors, and senators - projects which raised awareness and large sums of money for others, often while he remained homeless himself and panhandled for food money in the streets. He has recently written Fearless Puppy on American Road and Reincarnation Through Common Sense. True to form, ALL author profits from these books will be donated to sponsor Wisdom Professionals (beginning with but not exclusive to Tibetan Nuns and Monks). Ten has degrees in Comparative Religion and the survival of heroin addiction. He is also the graduate of thirty-five years and over a hundred thousand miles of travel without ever driving a car, or having a bank account, telephone, or a bill in his name. Ten may be the most comedic smartass as well as the wisest and most entertaining survivor of the hitchhiking adventurers that used to cover America's highways. The term "crazy wisdom" is often used, but rarely meets its match the way it does in this author. Ten Rose and his work are a vibrant part of the present and future as well as an essential remnant of a vanishing breed.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Fearless Puppy Publishing (March 20, 2013)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 452 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0615781187
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0615781181
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.71 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7 x 1.02 x 10 inches

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Albert Einstein said, "Once you accept the universe as being something expanding into an infinite nothing which is something, wearing stripes with plaid is easy." Doug "Ten" Rose has metaphorically worn stripes and plaid all his life. He has thirty years experience raising funds at street level for various causes, often while working under very adverse personal circumstances. He has invented and directed charity projects involving rock stars, pro sports teams, a governor, mayors, and senators. These projects raised awareness and large sums of money for others. Much of this was done while Ten remained homeless himself, and panhandled for food money on the streets (details at http://www.fearlesspuppy.org). He has recently written two books, Fearless Puppy on American Road and Reincarnation Through Common Sense. True to Ten's form, ALL author profits from these books will be donated to sponsor Wisdom Professionals (beginning with but not exclusive to Tibetan Nuns and Monks). Ten has an unaccredited degree in comparative religion. His real degree is as a graduate cum laude of heroin addiction and death, as well as thirty-five years and over a hundred thousand miles of travel without ever driving a car, having a bank account, telephone, or a bill in his name. Ten may be the most comedic smartass as well as the wisest and most entertaining survivor of the hitchhiking adventurers that used to cover America's highways. The term "crazy wisdom" is often used, but rarely meets its match the way it does in this author. Ten Rose and his work are a vibrant part of the present and future as well as an essential remnant of a vanishing breed. ENJOY THE NEW "ALIVE AND WELL ON EARTH" BOOK JUST RELEASED.

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Frankie

Delightful!

Reviewed in the United States on March 11, 2013

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This book manages to get a number of really deep truths without becoming inaccessible or getting preachy in the slightest. The nicest part about it, is that even if you don't want to read it for the "life lessons," you can just go along for the ride and enjoy the story of a pretty amazing life on the road. The funny thing is, after some time reading Fearless Puppy, I always feel better -- calmer. It was not what I expected, and I'm glad of that!

It seems like there's a sequel coming out soon, and I can't wait to get hold of it - hope it comes out on Kindle.

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lillie smith

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Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2015

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Reviewed in the United States on December 23, 2020

Fearless Puppy on the American Road chronicles two hapless teenage adventurers’ journey across 1960’s America. It takes delightful, crass, and sometimes terrifying turns, but enlightenment always wins the day. To me, the writing style is more reminiscent of stream of consciousness that weaves through each experience, more or less in chronological order. This book propels the reader into the minds and hearts of the benevolent “Hosts” who bestow wisdom upon the young travelers by relating their struggle to simply live life. It is a lighthearted snapshot of the sex, drugs, and rock and roll of 1960’s America set against a sobering look and commentary about our country’s dark corners of racism and bad actors. The search for adventure and discovery of the basic human goodness shines brightly in this book, which easily transports to the reader into each of Doug’s encounters and gives us all hope for a brighter future.

Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2021

I am a traveler and love reading travel books. I stumbled upon this book on Kindle. Fearless Puppy manages to take you for an adventure of a lifetime. I really enjoyed reading this book. There are few authors that can take you along their journey. Doug is definitely one of them.

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M. Versace

Some of this book is about hitchhiking...

Reviewed in the United States on November 26, 2020

The framework of this book is about hitchhiking, the basis on which the stories are told ...and the thoughts and experiences gained. The worlds Ten leads us in to are quirky, thoughtful, unusual, telling, refreshing, observing, critical, wise and much more. I truly enjoyed this book.

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Life Lessons and More!!

Reviewed in the United States on November 14, 2013

There are some things in here that, although they sound like spoilers I do not think they have a bearing on the actual story.

This was an amazing book. My first bit of advice, skip the pre-chapters. Save them until later on. This book sat for a week because the pre-chapters were so boring and made no sense to me. I could not read it. But I kept going and am better for the experience of reading this book. I am glad I hung in!

It is about Doug "Ten" Rose. You will find out later how he gets his nickname. It is a great story. One of so many great stories. He is a drug dealer in New York and one day decides he wants something more. So Doug and his girlfriend Mary decide to pack a few things, and just start hitch-hiking.

All of the chapters are encounters of people that picked up a hitch-hiking Doug and Mary. And later on just Doug. This happens early so it is not a spoiler.

A lot of stories were told here in these pages with so many life lessons but without being preachy. Stories about people living in harmony, from Doug and Mary's first stop, and people sharing what they have, as little as it was, with others. Whether tangible or intangible. All the knowledge that Doug's drivers and hosts when he stayed overnight somewhere, was passed on to Doug and was about a way way to live, about people and life.
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There are discussions on what is wrong with the government, health care, religion, etc. And Doug and Mary are together for about five years. You have to find out why Doug decided to go it alone from there on.

My favorite chapter was Chapter 16 - Preface to a Shortcut to Heaven. Doug talks about how your cravings and aversions distract you from your life. They keep you not fully in the present. For example, if you are a smoker, you are thinking of when your next cigarette is so you cannot fully be in the present. He goes on to explain how this is a problem and uses other examples of focusing too much on good things too! He gives us a lot of great advice one being "Adjust your mentality to the objective and you have found the road".

We learn that everything is important. And in that state of importance all things are equal and impermanent. Our unrealistic attachment to things and situations brings on many dramas and mysteries.

A big theme of the book was to spend time doing things to help yourself, not things that don't. And this includes helping out a fellow human being no matter what.

Doug was very very lucky to have a group of people that not only picked him up from the side of the road, but taught him life lessons. Doug made so many friends, that, in passing through again, he always had a place to stay wherever he went pretty much.

He does talk about his drug use. There is a lot of pot smoking which he feels is okay and for some reason, I believe almost all of his rides partook also. But then, halfway through the book, he did start getting into heavy drugs and almost died. The interesting thing was he had been forewarned by the old man who picked him up. Doug was headed to a city where nothing good comes out of. But drugs and certain death were a bad choice and only through this did he gain enlightenment. He describes of being pulled by fate back from the brink. And has a dream (or a hallucination he is not sure) which is of major significance later on in the book. Be on the look out for it.

Doug started to get into Tibetan teachings. He went to seminars, met the higher ups if you will. People like the Dahli Lama and the teachers that are high up but below the Dahli Lama.

Doug learned he is responsible for his own fate. He learned how to meditate and get that "high" feeling by being cleansed and doing work for others. He was never selfish, but now even more so.
He learned everything passes in and out of existence, but it can be quick like swatting a fly, or the slow melting of a glacier.

He learned change is constant and, on the road it was. he figured out what worked for him and what did not. He learned that he is in control of his life and can write his own script which can turn out anyway he want.

One of my favorite lines was (paraphrasing) Changes of attitude and action changes the resulting effects of attitudes and actions.

Just a note, time is not mentioned often. There is a point in the book that describes a five year period in Doug's Life, and a ten year period, and a 9 year one. I think all of the above was the first five years. But again it is not totally important to the story. Just mentioning the passing of time is mildly irrelevant.

After a chance encounter, Doug started working for Greenpeace. He had some great ideas, he could definitely interact with others, and he cared. He impressed the people high up in the corporation. People loved him and contributed left and right when he went out door to door or business to business to talk about Greenpeace. Doug still never wanted to settle down. You can say he was homeless but always had a place to stay because of the kind of good person he was and the good friends he made. So he continued traveling around and raising money for Greenpeace for about 9 years.

Another favorite line in the book (paraphrased) is that Doug learned humans are NOT on top of the evolutionary ladder because of our disrespect for the importance of harmonious relationships with the rest of the planets inhabitants.

Chapter 46 was also my favorite. Regarding Mr. Hastings and Mr. Isauro.

Doug really found himself into Asian disciplines. Without describing it, I recognized that he was having Reiki performed on him which is very calming and spiritual. He also still went to Buddist teaching conferences when they came to wherever he was residing at at the time. It was like he was supposed to be there to hear the person speak. It is like it was written in stone, there when he needed it.

He continues to travel and the conversations in the car make the book. This all really happened. He was very blessed to be able to read people, and sometimes not get into a car, but for the most part, he mey the nicest kind of people, and to make a ton of friends. Think of this book as a bunch of short stories that link together.

We find as Doug moves on, he settles into a cabin in Vermont. It is a friens's who only uses it once or twice a year but mainly has it for a tax writeoff. So although Doug is on the road now doing even more for the Earth and other humans than Greenpeace (such as feeding hungry children, and homes for families with no home, and other environmental issues facing us today), he is raising money but making money too. Just enough to live on. And when he has run through his states, still hitch-hiking, he has a place to just lay his weary head back at the cabin.

About another 10 years go by and Doug is getting older. He is not the same physically as when he started out. So he takes a class to certify him to teach English as a Second Language.

As the end of the book comes to a draw, Doug has come from a state of being homeless (the man who was letting Doug have the cabin and owned the cabin lost all his money so Doug had nowhere to go) but just at this time, he got this book published and was on a plane to a new place. He said life is like hitch-hiking: Pick a place you want to go, prepare wisely, read your map, hit the road with your eyes open. Great life advice.

The book has a lot of repetition of ideas but you like to hear it again because it is so profound. Simple but profound.

This is a very long book (8000 plus Kindle units) but it is definitely worth it. The lessons I got from here I will never forget. Plus it is entertaining there is never a dull moment with Doug and all of the people he meets and befriends. I recommend this book highly.

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Derrik Jordan

Fearless Puppy rocks!

Reviewed in the United States on November 26, 2020

Fearless Puppy is a rollercoaster of a book. Get ready for some fun and games as our author explores the world and the world explores him in return. Great stuff!

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heather vilbrin

Excellently written: amazing storyteller

Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2020

Ten, really takes you on an inner journey of the path. Well written; his heart of gold and quirky humor keep you reading.

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