Why, on the first day of class, is Professor Dean confessing his
shortcomings to the students -- amensia, no previous teaching
experiences, and a desire to be somewhere other than lecturing to Devon
College's privileged and surly rugby team and two
cheerleaders? Dean's recovery from a wrecked VW van in the
Carolina wilderness leaves him scarred but intact physically
and
suffering from amnesia. Fortunately, a briefcase of documents
recovered from the wreckage was enough to secure him a teaching
position at the prestigious private college after his release from the
Cherokee Medical Clinic. Dean's romantic involvement
with
Leah, the native Cherokee nurse who aids his recovery
complicates
his status at the Devon College. Chaplain Stuart Adams helps
Professor Dean remember his past until a series of untoward
events
interrupts his recovery. Leah is murdered, the body
of
Dean's twin brother is discovered in the VW wreckage and a strange
woman appears claiming to be his financee. Will Dean ever
know
who he is or who he was?
Jacob's
Robe is published on the 50th anniversary of an icon of the
psychedelic, flower-power hippie era. The disproportionately
boxy
1963 VW van with a mattress in the back symbolizes an era of
counterculture and social changes in America. It is from the wreckage
of just such a vehicle that J. E. Dean's story
emerges.
Although the popularity of the VW van faded over time, it remains a
symbol of empowered youth and social change.
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