Positively 4th Street The Lives and Times of Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Mimi Baez Farina and Richard Farina

Name: Positively 4th Street The Lives and Times of Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Mimi Baez Farina and Richard Farina
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ISBN: 9780865476424

ISBN-10: 086547642X

ISBN-13: 9780865476424

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Authors: David Hajdu

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When twenty-five-year-old Bob Dylan wrecked his motorcycle near Woodstock in 1966 and dropped out of the public eye, he was already recognized as a genius, a youth idol with an acid wit and a barbwire throat; and Greenwich Village, where he first made his mark, was unquestionably the center of youth culture. In Positively 4th Street, David Hajdu recounts the emergence of folk music from cult practice to popular and enduring art form as the story of a colorful foursome: not only Dylan but also his part-time lover Joan Baez -- the first voice of the new generation; her sister Mimi -- beautiful, haunted, and an artist in her own right; and Mimi's husband, Richard Farintilde;a, a comic…

Book details

List price: $17.00
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Publication date: 4/10/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English

David Hajdu is the author of the award-winning "Lush Life: A Biography of Billy Strayhorn" (FSG, 1996, North Point Press, 1997). Lately he has written for "The New York Times Magazine", "The New York Review of Books"; & "Vanity Fair". He lives in New York City.