xvii, 302 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : 24 cm

Join Greg Laurie as he takes a cross-country drive in his 1968 Highland Green Ford Mustang 390 GT through the canyons of Malibu, the alleys of Hollywood, the wide and open roads of the Midwest, the streets of New York, as he traces the wooly geography of actor Steve McQueen's life, relationships, career and spiritual journey. This iconic muscle car was the vehicle McQueen drove in his most raucous and enduring film, Bullitt. In the 1960s, McQueen was, according to box office receipts, the biggest movie star of his generation and one of the coolest men to ever walk the planet. Greg Laurie was a teen at the time and an ardent fan of ''The King of Cool,'' first mesmerized by McQueen in 1963's The Great Escape. Like millions of cinema fans, Greg developed a lifelong fascination with the actor. Now he has a chance to tell McQueen's story. McQueen was a complex, contradictory man who lived the same way he drove his motorcycles and cars: fearlessly, ruthlessly and at top speed. After a lifetime of fast cars, women and drugs, McQueen took a surprising detour. In this book, Laurie thoughtfully interviews members of Steve McQueen's family, friends, co-stars, associates, widow and pastor to tell of the dramatic life-change for the actor in the spring of 1979 - six months before McQueen was diagnosed with terminal cancer. What were the critical steps that led McQueen to make such a life-altering decision? Perhaps more importantly, why is that part of his story so rarely told? This book answers these questions. Greg Laurie will follow the seeds of Christianity that were sown throughout McQueen's improbable life where a Light finally shone into the darkness of his troubled life. These seeds miraculously germinated, allowing McQueen to see that redemption through Jesus Christ is a lasting truth more glittering and real than any magic of the entertainment industry. -- Amazon.com

Author's Note. Introduction. All I Need's a Fast Machine -- The Widow and the Preacher Man -- The Last Chance Ranch -- Don's Garage -- Laurieland -- Julian and Charlene -- Hog Heaven -- the Father Who Wasn't There -- House of Horrors -- Two Schools of Thought -- A Death Sentence -- New York State of Mind -- The Blob and the Bible -- California Dreamin' -- The American Dream -- A Man and His Castle -- Motherless Child -- The Canyon -- The Monster Within -- The Fall -- A Jamaican Seed -- The Towering Babel -- Nothing new Under the Sun -- The Visitor -- Broad Beach Memoirs -- Learning to Fly -- Hello, Preacher Man! Somebody Up There Likes Me -- A Test of Faith -- Knockin' on Heaven's Door -- See You in Heaven. Postscript: Good News in a Bad World

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