The John Lennon LettersA lifetime of letters, collected for the first time, from the legendary musician and songwriter. John Lennon was one of the greatest songwriters the world has ever known, creator of "Help!", "Come Together", "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds", "Strawberry Fields Forever", "Imagine", and dozens more. But it was in his correspondences that he let his personality and poetry flow unguarded. Now, gathered for the first time in book form, are his letters to family, friends, strangers, and lovers from every point in his life. Funny, informative, wise, poetic, and sometimes heartbreaking, his letters illuminate a never-before-seen intimate side of the private genius. This groundbreaking collection of almost 300 letters and postcards has been edited and annotated by Hunter Davies, whose authorized biography The Beatles (1968) was published to great acclaim. With unparalleled knowledge of Lennon and his contemporaries, Davies reads between the lines of the artist's words, contextualizing them in Lennon's life and using them to reveal the man himself. |
Contents
Part two Hamburg 196062 31 | |
Part three Beatlemania Begins 1963 55 | |
Part seven India 1968 115 | |
Part eight Yoko Arrives 1968 129 | |
Part thirteen Problems with Paul 205 | |
Part seventeen Family Matters 1975 271 | |
Part twentyone Home Alone 197778 339 | |
Part twentytwo Still Reclusive 1979 355 | |
Part twentythree Double Fantasy 369 | |
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