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Item specifics
- Condition
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN
- 9780062078223
- Book Title
- Jerry Lee Lewis: His Own Story
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publication Year
- 2014
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1.3 in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography
- Topic
- Rich & Famous, Composers & Musicians, Entertainment & Performing Arts
- Item Weight
- 26 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 512 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0062078224
ISBN-13
9780062078223
eBay Product ID (ePID)
172751024
Product Key Features
Book Title
Jerry Lee Lewis: His Own Story
Number of Pages
512 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2014
Topic
Rich & Famous, Composers & Musicians, Entertainment & Performing Arts
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.3 in
Item Weight
26 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2014-565610
Reviews
This is Lewis' version of his own story, filtered through Bragg's gift for language and his feel for the South... His Own Story casts one of rock n' roll's outlandish lives in a new light, giving Lewis the voice in words that he always had in the notes., An epic life deserves an epic narrative, and Pulitzer Prize winner Bragg delivers such with this major work on rock and roll pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis.|9780062078223|, [ Jerry Lee Lewis ] is quite simply one of the best books about rock and roll ever...Rick Bragg has turned it into literature, fitting in somewhere between William Faulkner and Jim Thompson., Mesmerizing . . . IRick Bragg illuminates Jerry Lee Lewis's controversial-but brilliant-life and career in this captivating biography., Mesmerizing . . . IRick Bragg illuminates Jerry Lee Lewis's controversial—but brilliant—life and career in this captivating biography., Mesmerizing . . . IRick Bragg illuminates Jerry Lee Lewis's controversial--but brilliant--life and career in this captivating biography., Bragg's account does not pull punches, nor does it need to. Bragg successfully grasps the meaning of Jerry Lee Lewis and the music he begat., No writer is better suited than Rick Bragg to tell Lewis's story. The result is a biography with the memorable language and narrative drive we expect only from the finest novels . . . the best book on rock and roll I have ever read., Lewis has found the ideal biographer in Alabaman Rick Bragg, an author and former New York Times writer who understands the texture and cadence of Lewis' life that started in Concordia Parish in eastern Louisiana near the Mississippi River., [Bragg] hits upon a perfect mix of humor and gravitas, never trying to over-explain or rationalize the adultery, divorces, pills, booze, guns and relentless arrogance that came to define Jerry Lee Lewis as much as the music and the hellfire showmanship did., This biography is a brilliant piece of work. Make no mistake: Not only is Rick Bragg the right man for this job, with blue-collar empathy in the marrow of his bones, he is the only writer who could have done it., An enthralling look at the birth of rock & roll and the ensuing life of its arguably most colorful exponent., There's plenty of richness in Rick Bragg's retelling of the Killer's life . . . .Bragg, a former reporter for the New York Times, hits all the legendary moments, both high and low . . . Worth reading., An iconic rocker receives a warm, admiring biography from a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author . . . Throughout, Bragg displays his characteristic frisky prose . . . From a skilled storyteller comes this entertaining, sympathetic story of a life flaring with fire, shuddering with shakin'., [ Jerry Lee Lewis ] is quite simply one of the best books about rock and roll ever...Rick Bragg has turned it into literature, fitting in somewhere between William Faulkner and Jim Thompson. -- Vintage Guitar Magazine "Mesmerizing . . . IRick Bragg illuminates Jerry Lee Lewis's controversial--but brilliant--life and career in this captivating biography." -- Parade "There's plenty of richness in Rick Bragg's retelling of the Killer's life . . . .Bragg, a former reporter for the New York Times, hits all the legendary moments, both high and low . . . Worth reading." -- Stephen King, New York Times Book Review "It's Jerry Lee Lewis's unrepentant outrageousness that makes his life and this book irresistible." -- Wall Street Journal "One of the best rock biographies ever. Lewis has had his fingers in nearly every piece of the 20th century's popular-music pie, and so Bragg's biography becomes not just the history of the man but a history of modern American music." -- Shelf Awareness Lewis has found the ideal biographer in Alabaman Rick Bragg, an author and former New York Times writer who understands the texture and cadence of Lewis' life that started in Concordia Parish in eastern Louisiana near the Mississippi River. -- Associated Press "An enthralling look at the birth of rock & roll and the ensuing life of its arguably most colorful exponent." -- Entertainment Weekly "No writer is better suited than Rick Bragg to tell Lewis's story. The result is a biography with the memorable language and narrative drive we expect only from the finest novels . . . the best book on rock and roll I have ever read." -- Ron Rash, author of Serena "An iconic rocker receives a warm, admiring biography from a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author . . . Throughout, Bragg displays his characteristic frisky prose . . . From a skilled storyteller comes this entertaining, sympathetic story of a life flaring with fire, shuddering with shakin'." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "I loved every amphetamine-laced, whiskey-soaked, gun-shot page of it. -- Ann Patchett "An epic life deserves an epic narrative, and Pulitzer Prize winner Bragg delivers such with this major work on rock and roll pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis. -- Library Journal "[Bragg] hits upon a perfect mix of humor and gravitas, never trying to over-explain or rationalize the adultery, divorces, pills, booze, guns and relentless arrogance that came to define Jerry Lee Lewis as much as the music and the hellfire showmanship did." -- Dallas Morning News "This is epic Southern storytelling at its most gripping." -- Chicago Tribune "This is Lewis' version of his own story, filtered through Bragg's gift for language and his feel for the South... His Own Story casts one of rock n' roll's outlandish lives in a new light, giving Lewis the voice in words that he always had in the notes." -- USA Today , four star review "This biography is a brilliant piece of work. Make no mistake: Not only is Rick Bragg the right man for this job, with blue-collar empathy in the marrow of his bones, he is the only writer who could have done it." -- Tuscaloosa News "Bragg's account does not pull punches, nor does it need to. Bragg successfully grasps the meaning of Jerry Lee Lewis and the music he begat." -- All About Jazz, One of the best rock biographies ever. Lewis has had his fingers in nearly every piece of the 20th century's popular-music pie, and so Bragg's biography becomes not just the history of the man but a history of modern American music.
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
782.42166092 B
Synopsis
New York Times Bestseller The greatest Southern storyteller of our time, New York Times bestselling author Rick Bragg, tracks down the greatest rock and roller of all time, Jerry Lee Lewis-and gets his own story, from the source, for the very first time. A monumental figure on the American landscape, Jerry Lee Lewis spent his childhood raising hell in Ferriday, Louisiana, and Natchez, MississipΠgalvanized the world with hit records like "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" and "Great Balls of Fire," that gave rock and roll its devil's ed≥ caused riots and boycotts with his incendiary performances; nearly scuttled his career by marrying his thirteen-year-old second cousin-his third wife of seven; ran a decades-long marathon of drugs, drinking, and women; nearly met his maker, twice; suffered the deaths of two sons and two wives, and the indignity of an IRS raid that left him with nothing but the broken-down piano he started with; performed with everyone from Elvis Presley to Keith Richards to Bruce Springsteen to Kid Rock-and survived it all to be hailed as "one of the most creative and important figures in American popular culture and a paradigm of the Southern experience." Jerry Lee Lewis: His Own Story is the Killer's life as he lived it, and as he shared it over two years with our greatest bard of Southern life: Rick Bragg. Rich with Lewis's own words, framed by Bragg's richly atmospheric narrative, , this is the last great untold rock-and-roll story, come to life on the page., New York Times Bestseller The greatest Southern storyteller of our time, New York Times bestselling author Rick Bragg, tracks down the greatest rock and roller of all time, Jerry Lee Lewis--and gets his own story, from the source, for the very first time. A monumental figure on the American landscape, Jerry Lee Lewis spent his childhood raising hell in Ferriday, Louisiana, and Natchez, MississipΠgalvanized the world with hit records like "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" and "Great Balls of Fire," that gave rock and roll its devil's ed≥ caused riots and boycotts with his incendiary performances; nearly scuttled his career by marrying his thirteen-year-old second cousin--his third wife of seven; ran a decades-long marathon of drugs, drinking, and women; nearly met his maker, twice; suffered the deaths of two sons and two wives, and the indignity of an IRS raid that left him with nothing but the broken-down piano he started with; performed with everyone from Elvis Presley to Keith Richards to Bruce Springsteen to Kid Rock--and survived it all to be hailed as "one of the most creative and important figures in American popular culture and a paradigm of the Southern experience." Jerry Lee Lewis: His Own Story is the Killer's life as he lived it, and as he shared it over two years with our greatest bard of Southern life: Rick Bragg. Rich with Lewis's own words, framed by Bragg's richly atmospheric narrative, , this is the last great untold rock-and-roll story, come to life on the page., New York Times Bestseller The greatest Southern storyteller of our time, New York Times bestselling author Rick Bragg, tracks down the greatest rock and roller of all time, Jerry Lee Lewis--and gets his own story, from the source, for the very first time. A monumental figure on the American landscape, Jerry Lee Lewis spent his childhood raising hell in Ferriday, Louisiana, and Natchez, Mississippi; galvanized the world with hit records like "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" and "Great Balls of Fire," that gave rock and roll its devil's edge; caused riots and boycotts with his incendiary performances; nearly scuttled his career by marrying his thirteen-year-old second cousin--his third wife of seven; ran a decades-long marathon of drugs, drinking, and women; nearly met his maker, twice; suffered the deaths of two sons and two wives, and the indignity of an IRS raid that left him with nothing but the broken-down piano he started with; performed with everyone from Elvis Presley to Keith Richards to Bruce Springsteen to Kid Rock--and survived it all to be hailed as "one of the most creative and important figures in American popular culture and a paradigm of the Southern experience." Jerry Lee Lewis: His Own Story is the Killer's life as he lived it, and as he shared it over two years with our greatest bard of Southern life: Rick Bragg. Rich with Lewis's own words, framed by Bragg's richly atmospheric narrative, this is the last great untold rock-and-roll story, come to life on the page.
LC Classification Number
ML420.L534B73 2014
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- Aug 16, 2021
Good read about a music legion.
Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-OwnedSold by: worldofbooksinc
- Mar 26, 2019
Good story by a great storyteller...
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- Apr 28, 2020
very fine
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- Sep 09, 2024
Good book in great shape. A++ ...
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- Feb 17, 2016
Like all his work, another great read by Rick Bragg
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