The walrus & the elephants : John Lennon's years of revolution /


James A. Mitchell.
Bok Engelsk 2013 · Electronic books
Annen tittel
Omfang
1 online resource (265 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates ) : illustrations, portraits ;
Utgave
Seven Stories Press first edition.
Opplysninger
The advent of the hippie Messiah -- John and the elephants -- "Doped with religion and sex and TV" -- "A thorough nuisance" -- Wordplay -- "We'll get it right next time" -- "You can't keep a good band down" -- A posttrip postscript: "We all shine on".. - Examines Lennon's post-Beatle years, beginning in late 1971, when he "left London behind and moved to New York, eager to join a youth movement rallying for social justice and an end to the Vietnam War. Lennon was quickly embraced by radicals and revolutionaries, the hippies and yippies at odds with the establishment. Settling in Greenwich Village, the heart of Manhattan's counterculture, the former Beatle was soon on the frontlines of the antiwar movement, and championing a range of causes and issues"--Amazon.com.
Emner
Sjanger
Dewey
ISBN
1-306-91531-7. - 1-60980-467-8

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