Lynn R. Welborn grew up on Carolina Beach in the 1970s and by all accounts, including his, had a terrific time.
Welborn began chronicling those adventures a few years ago in Crazy Beach, which probably qualifies as a roman a clef, a fancy literary term meaning that it s based on a true story but the names have been changed to protect the guilty.
He had so much fun that Crazy Beach has now extended into three volumes. Well, not volumes exactly. Welborn is a child of the golden age of the Rock Era. As a pre-teen, he and a buddy actually stowed away on a van to Woodstock THE Woodstock. (He has documentary evidence.) In those days, boys and girls, you didn t download your music; it came in 33 1/3 vinyl discs.