No Direction Home
No Direction Home
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Summary
Robert Shelton wrote the rave review of Bob Dylan in the New York Times that is generally credited with being the piece that "discovered" him in 1961. Twenty-five years later, Shelton, who had followed Dylan's career faithfully, published No Direction Home. Here is the "empathetic and rather magnificent" (Washington Post Book World) story of Dylan, musician and phenomenon.
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No Direction Home by Robert Shelton
"Essential reading for anyone interested in Bob Dylan." Newsday . Robert Shelton wrote the rave review of Bob Dylan in the New York Times that is generally credited with being the piece that "discovered" him in 1961. Twenty-five years later, Shelton, who had followed Dylan's career faithfully, published No Direction Home . Here is the "empathetic and rather magnificent" ( Washington Post Book World ) story of Dylan, musician and phenomenon.
Robert Shelton (1926-95) was born in Chicago and was on the staff of the New York Times for two decades until he went to Europe. Best known as the man who discovered Bob Dylan, he was the principle chronicler of the 1960s US folk revival. His books include the Woody Guthrie collection Born to Win, The Face of Folk Music, The Country Music Story, and The Electric Muse. Elizabeth Thomson knew Robert Shelton for the last 15 years of his life, and was responsible for the 2011 edition of No Direction Home. She has been a visiting fellow of the Open University Sixties Research Group and was a contributor to The New Grove Dictionary of Music & Musicians (Oxford). Her books include The Dylan Companion (Da Capo), and Joan Baez: The Last Leaf (Palazzo).
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780306812873 |
| ISBN 10 | 0306812878 |
| Title | No Direction Home |
| Author | Robert Shelton |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Hachette Books |
| Year published | 2003-07-09 |
| Number of pages | 576 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |