Jim Morrison: Life, Death, LegendGotham Books, 2004 - 482 pages As an artist and persona, Jim Morrison epitomized the late 1960s, bridging a burgeoning counterculture and popular culture, while acting out the iconoclastic rage, rampant libido, and spectacular flameout of a tumultuous era. The music he created with The Doors has sold over 50 million records worldwide?with over 13 million in the last decade alone, as their songs have been embraced by a new generation. But despite Morrison's seminal importance, there has not yet been an authoritative biography that does justice to him and his creative legacy. Until now. Stephen Davis, the preeminent rock biographer and author of the classic Led Zeppelin history "Hammer of the Gods" (over 600,000 copies sold in three editions, and a #1 "New York Times" bestseller), has uncovered never-before-seen documents, conducted dozens of original interviews, and scoured Morrison's unpublished journals and recordings to write the definitive biography of a misunderstood legend. "Jim Morrison" is packed with startling new revelations about every phase of his life and career, from his troubled youth in a strict military household to his blossoming as a rock icon among the avant-garde LA scene to his voracious drug abuse and secret sexual experiments. Davis also investigates one of the greatest mysteries in rock history?the circumstances surrounding Morrison's mysterious and unsolved death?as he pieces together new evidence to tell the true and heartbreaking story of Morrison's last tragic days in Paris. Compelling and unforgettable, "Jim Morrison" is destined to become a classic. |
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... poet shaking with rage at his world and his contemporaries ; a prophet with terrible eyes and rigid fea- tures , clad in black leather . He was arguably the major poet to emerge from the turmoil of the legendary American sixties ...
... poet to- gether again . Jim and McClure had met in New York earlier in the year to discuss the possibility of Jim starring in a film adaptation of McClure's play The Beard , which was about to open in London . The American movie ...
... Poet , which sought to legitimize Jim's insistent claim that he wasn't just some chump rock star . He had been a poet , too , one who had immolated himself in pursuit of some greater design that remained unknown to all others . T HE ...
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CHAPTER ONE THE LIZARD KINGS SCHOOL DAYS | 3 |
CHAPTER TWO CANCEL MY SUBSCRIPTION | 29 |
CHAPTER THREE LEARN TO FORGET | 57 |
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