Bob Dylan In America
by:
Sean Wilentz (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781847921505 (1847921507)
Publish date: September 2nd 2010
Publisher: Bodley Head
Pages no: 400
Edition language: English
Nobody better to write this history of Bob Dylan of the good old USA than an historian, and a good one at that. Not a hack like Doris Kearns Goodwin who has actually plagiarized at least as much as Bob Dylan has been accused of, which by the historical facts stated in this book was a lot. But all ar...
Very well written, but I would only recommend this book for the die-hard Dylan fans. Not so much a biography as a commentary on Dylan's art.
A lot of this book was way over my head, but I did learn a couple things to listen for in Dylan's music. I learned a little about a lot of early music and musicians, too, but I know I will forget most of it because I started without much background in this. It seems ironic that a book about someone ...
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