John Lennon: A Story in Photographs

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On December 8, 1980, John Lennon was gunned down outside his home in New York City by an impassioned admirer, Mark David Chapman. After his death, Lennon's memory attained mythic stature and he is now considered one of rock-n-roll's most important figures. This photographic biography is a compelling celebration of Lennon's life and music, as told through vibrant black-and-white photographs and descriptive text. From Liverpool childhood to the Beatles conquering America to his being the most famous ...
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On December 8, 1980, John Lennon was gunned down outside his home in New York City by an impassioned admirer, Mark David Chapman. After his death, Lennon's memory attained mythic stature and he is now considered one of rock-n-roll's most important figures. This photographic biography is a compelling celebration of Lennon's life and music, as told through vibrant black-and-white photographs and descriptive text. From Liverpool childhood to the Beatles conquering America to his being the most famous house-husband/political activist in the 1970s, this book covers every phase of this amazing artist's life and career.
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Instrumentalist and author Burrows examines each aspect of the life of rock icon John Lennon. Topics include his childhood and first band; the years when the Beatles reigned and Lennon became an unofficial ambassador for peace and the world's most famous husband and political radical; and other aspects of his life such as drugs, Yoko, the "bed- ins," the end of The Beatles, living in America, the comeback, his tragic death, cultural legacy, and more. Illustrated with b&w photographs. Oversize: 9.5x11.5<">. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781413218626
  • Publisher: Thunder Bay Press
  • Publication date: 1/1/2001
  • Series: Icons of Rock Ser.
  • Pages: 176
  • Product dimensions: 9.64 (w) x 11.12 (h) x 0.73 (d)

Table of Contents

Introduction 6
Chapter 1 The Early Years 8
War baby 10
Aunt Mimi 12
Young teenage rebels 14
The Quarrymen 16
The Fab Three 18
Art school 20
Germany calling 22
The Cavern 24
Under new management 26
Meeting George Martin 28
The Fab Fourth 30
The beginning of something big 32
Chapter 2 Beatlemania 34
The top spot 36
John and Cynthia 38
Yeah, yeah, yeah! 40
The Mersey invasion 42
It's Beatlemania! 44
John and Brian 46
With The Beatles 48
The Beatles are coming! 50
Beatles in the U.S. 52
Storming the States 54
And now the world 56
A Hard Day's Night 58
Meeting Bob Dylan 60
Second thoughts 62
Help! 64
Man of words 66
Fame and fortune 68
The new "establishment" 70
Back in the U.S. 72
A new sophistication 74
Chapter 3 From Pop to Art 76
Serious young men 78
Bigger than Jesus? 80
Revolver 82
End of the road 84
An actor's life 86
Let me take you down... 88
Sgt. Pepper 90
Cultural leaders 92
Love is all you need 94
Meeting the Maharishi 96
Brian's death 98
Roll up... 100
Apple Corps 102
Meditative times 104
Chapter 4 The Dream Is Over 106
John and Yoko 108
Crises and cartoons 110
The White Album 112
Get Back 114
Experiments in the avant-garde 116
John Ono Lennon 118
Giving peace a chance 120
Introducing Mr. Klein 122
One more time 124
Plastic Ono Band 126
Primal Screaming 128
The end of the Fab Four 130
Kicking over the traces 132
Imagine 134
John versus Paul 136
Chapter 5 The Final Years 138
War is over! 140
Public enemy 142
Beatles to get back? 144
Mind Games 146
Leaving Yoko 148
The Lost Weekend 150
Rock-and-roll fiasco 152
Walls And Bridges 154
New inspiration 156
Rock and roller 158
Reunited 160
A big month 162
Domestic bliss 164
End of an era 166
News hits the streets 168
The aftermath 170
Relics 172
A man of influence 174
Index 176
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