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Jeffrey Rasley

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Born

Ft. Leonard Wood, MO, The United States

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http://www.jeffreyrasley.com

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Travel, Religion & Spirituality, Historical Fiction and Thriller

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(Author writes under the name Jeff Rasley.)

Jeff Rasley is the author of fourteen books and over 80 feature articles, which have been published in numerous academic and mainstream periodicals, including Newsweek, Chicago Magazine, ABA Journal, Family Law Review, Faith & Fitness Magazine, Friends Journal, Journal of Communal Societies, and Real Travel Adventures International Magazine. He is an award-winning photographer and his pictures taken in the Himalayas and Caribbean and Pacific islands have been published in several journals.

Rasley has engaged in social activism and philanthropic efforts from an early age. In high school he co-founded the Goshen Walk for Hunger. In law school he was an advocate for renters' rights as a lobbyist and pr (Author writes under the name Jeff Rasley.)

Jeff Rasley is the author of fourteen books and over 80 feature articles, which have been published in numerous academic and mainstream periodicals, including Newsweek, Chicago Magazine, ABA Journal, Family Law Review, Faith & Fitness Magazine, Friends Journal, Journal of Communal Societies, and Real Travel Adventures International Magazine. He is an award-winning photographer and his pictures taken in the Himalayas and Caribbean and Pacific islands have been published in several journals.

Rasley has engaged in social activism and philanthropic efforts from an early age. In high school he co-founded the Goshen Walk for Hunger. In law school he was an advocate for renters' rights as a lobbyist and president of the Indianapolis Tenants Association. He is the founder of the Basa Village Foundation, past president of the Indianapolis Scientech Club and University of Chicago Indy Alumni Club. He served as a trustee for Earlham College, and is the president of the Scientech Foundation of Indiana and of the Basa Village Foundation. He is a director of the Indianapolis Peace and Justice Center and served as a director of the Indiana Alpha Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. He is a co-founder of the Jeff & Alicia Rasley Internship Program for the ACLU of Indiana.

Jeff is an avid outdoors-man and recreational athlete. He leads trekking-mountaineering expeditions in Nepal and has solo-kayaked around several Pacific island groups. He also loves to read and considers completing Marcel Proust's 3600 page Remembrance of Things Past as great an adventure as climbing Himalayan peaks and solo-kayaking Pacific islands.

Jeff is U.S. liaison for the Nepal-based Himalayan expedition company, Adventure GeoTreks Ltd. He has taught classes for IUPUI Continuing Ed. Program, Indiana Writers Center, Butler and Marian Universities.

Jeff is a graduate of the University of Chicago, A.B. magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, All-Academic All-State Football Team and letter winner in swimming and football; Indiana University School of Law, J.D. cum laude, Moot Court and Indiana Law Review; Christian Theological Seminary, MDiv magna cum laude, co-valedictorian and Faculty Award Scholar. He has been admitted to the Indiana, U.S. District Court, and U.S. Supreme Court Bars.

He was given a Key to the City of Indianapolis for serving as a law school intern to Mayor Hudnut and preparing a report on the safety conditions of all Indy Parks. Rasley has received the Man of the Year award from the Arthur Jordan YMCA and the Alumni Service Award from the University of Chicago.

Rasley has been a featured guest on over 200 podcast, radio, and TV shows and has given programs to many service clubs, community organizations, and churches.

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The book is the fictional memoir of an 18-year-old hitchhiking across the country in 1972. But it was inspired by the humorous, bizarre, and scary experiences I had hitchhiking from Goshen, Indiana to Key West and then to New Orleans for Mardi Gras, after dropping out of college for a term. On the road, Jack meets gypsies, tramps, and thieves, Good Samaritans, and Jesus in a Ferrari. He is accoste Read more of this blog post »

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Published on December 12, 2023 14:43 • Tags: 1970s, adventure-travel, college-life, coming-of-age, hanover-college, hitchhiking, indiana, indiana-university, key-west, mardi-gras, new-orleans, travel, vietnam-war

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Jeffrey Rasley’s books

Average rating: 3.77 · 151 ratings · 48 reviews · 21 distinct works

	Bringing Progress to Paradise: What I Got from Giving to a Mountain Village in Nepal 3.46 avg rating — 67 ratings — published 2010 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	False Prophet: A Legal Thriller 4.27 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Godless-- Living a Valuable Life Beyond Beliefs (Memoirs of a Thoughtful Traveler Book 6) 4.60 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Anarchist, Republican... Assassin it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Island Adventures: Disconnecting in the Caribbean and South Pacific 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Monsters of the Midway 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pilgrimage: Sturgis to Wounded Knee and Back Home Again, a Memoir really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Light in the Mountains -- A Hoosier Quaker Finds Communal Enlightenment in Nepal (Himalayas Philanthropy Trekking, 3) 3.14 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	America’s Existential Crisis: Our Inherited Obligation to Native Nations 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2021 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Polarized! The Case for Civility in the Time of Trump: An experiment in civil discourse on Facebook 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2017 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Jeffrey Rasley rated a book it was amazing The midlander, by Booth Tarkington. 1923 [Leather Bound] by Booth Tarkington	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Booth Tarkington should not be forgotten by the literate public. Streets, neighborhoods, and buildings bear his name in Indianapolis as does a residence hall on the Purdue campus, but even in Indiana he is no longer well known. Yet, according to Wiki ...more
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Jeffrey Rasley rated a book it was amazing The Turmoil (The Growth Trilogy, #1) by Booth Tarkington	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Jeffrey Rasley rated a book liked it Ravelstein by Saul Bellow	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Ravelstein is an unfortunate ending to a brilliant literary career. Saul Bellow won the Pulitzer Prize for HUMBOLDT'S GIFT in 1975, and in 1976 was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature "for the human understanding and subtle analysis of contemporar ...more
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Jeffrey Rasley made a comment in the group Audiobooks — A Hitchhiker’s Big Adventure: On the road from Indiana to Key West and New Orleans for Mardi Gras 1972 topic " A Hitchhiker’s Big Adventure: On the road from Indiana to Key West and New Orleans for Mardi Gras 1972, published by Midsummer Books now available as ...more "
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Jeffrey Rasley made a comment in the group Audiobooks — Looking for Reviews topic " I have free US and UK promo codes I am happy to give away. Email at jeffrasley@gmail.com. A Hoosier Hippie’s Wild Hitchhiking Invasion of the Old South ...more "
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Jeffrey Rasley rated a book really liked it The Armour of Light (Kingsbridge, #4) by Ken Follett (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
It's a sprawling story covering over 30 years during the Napoleonic Era and the beginning of the Industrial Age. It delves into many of the critical issues of that era, including the class conflict between workers and capitalists, labor organizing, m ...more
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Jeffrey Rasley made a comment in the group Audiobooks — What do you do while listening to audiobooks? topic " Within the last few months I've undergone 2 surgeries. Audiobooks were a godsend during the rehab period, when even holding a book and turning pages w ...more "
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Jeffrey Rasley rated a book liked it A Crowning Mercy (Crowning Mercy, #1) by Bernard Cornwell (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
So who wrote this book? In one Amazon listing it is "by Bernard Cornwell (Author) , Susannah Kells (Author)," but another one only lists Kells as the author. I am a fan of Cornwell, and have read all of his series. Should I blame the lameness of this ...more
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Jeffrey Rasley liked Jeff's review of Jailbird: "A highly underrated Vonnegut book. "
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Jeffrey Rasley liked Glen Craney's review of A Hitchhiker’s Big Adventure: On the road from Indiana to Key West and New Orleans for Mardi Gras 1972 (On the Road Adventures Book 1): "Imagine Odysseus as a small-town Indiana high school grad commanded by the gods in 1972 to roam the highways and seedy underside of America, launching off as a naive hitchhiker into the deep South and back. Along the way, he meets a motley array of p" Read more of this review »
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“Chasing angels or fleeing demons, go to the mountains.”
― Jeffrey Rasley, Bringing Progress to Paradise: What I Got from Giving to a Mountain Village in Nepal

tags: biography, expeditions, himalayas, memoir, mountaineering, mountains, nepal, philanthropy, three-cups-of-tea, tibet, trekking

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“curling leaves and twining branches outside my bay window look like a Van Gogh in the starlight - there is a river out there somewhere”
― jeff rasley

tags: stars, van-gogh

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“He wasn't a great man, but he had a great life.”
― Jeffrey Rasley, Light in the Mountains -- A Hoosier Quaker Finds Communal Enlightenment in Nepal