"This book is for readers ready for a nostalgic romp through a more hopeful and innocent time, with the poignancy of infinite possibilities as Kopecky follows the seasons."—Albuquerque Journal
"Art combines careers in dairy and construction, a decade of communal living, and a study of history for a unique and hopeful outlook."—New College of California News
"The journals are simple, quickly scribed but philosophical accounts of day-to-day life at New Buffalo."—Metroactive Books
"With New Buffalo, we have a first-hand depiction of commune life. . . it is a genuine resource for historians and those interested in the commune phenomenon."—Santa Fe New Mexican
"Kopecky's book celebrates the counter cultural revolutionaries of the 1960s...(and)...the practical application of hippie idealism."—Taos Horse Fly
"It is enormously welcome to see a published primary document that lets us into the daily life of one of the fabled communes of the era. This first-person voice captures the magic--and the more sordid realities--of the 60s communal enterprise as well as anything that has yet appeared."—Tim Miller, University of Kansas, for Communal Societies
"Wallace Stegner referred to communal living in his novel, Angle of Repose: 'I want a society that will protect the wild life without confusing itself with it.' Such is the genius of Kopecky's lesson at New Buffalo."—Southwest Bookviews
"...the seasonal cycles of activity and the drug and alcohol-laced entertainment provide accurate snapshots of the living conditions, personal relationships, and community involvement that hippie communes everywhere shared in one form or another."—Bloomsbury Review
"Kopecky's greatest contibution to understanding the commune movement of a generation ago may be in writing day after day of the love and generosity of these young people."—Denver Post
"Arthur Kopecky's journal of his first five years living at New Buffalo commune will be of interest to anyone who wants to get a feel for what daily life was like in Taos's most successful commune."—New Mexico Historical Review
"Kopecky's journal conveys the nitty-gritty reality of communal life very,very well."—Communal Societies
"(Kopecky's) conflict over the community's need for both individual freedom and rules and the role of private ownership verses communal sharing create a smooth undertone for many of the journal entries."—Albuquerque Journal North