Doug “Ten” Rose may be the biggest smart-ass as well as one of the most entertaining survivors of the many hitchhiking adventurers that used to cover America’s highways. He is the author of the books Fearless Puppy on American Road and Reincarnation Through Common Sense and the new book AWE/Alive and Well on Earth, has survived heroin addiction and death, and is also a graduate of many thousand miles of land travel without ever driving a car, owning a phone, or having a bank account. Tenzin Rose and his work are a vibrant part of the present and future as well as an essential remnant of a vanishing breed.