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Title: Break on Through : The Life and Death of Jim Morrison by James Riordan, Jerry Prochinichy ISBN: 0-688-11915-8 Publisher: Quill Pub. Date: 30 October, 1992 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.66 (32 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Morrison's Acclaim
Comment: "Break on Through: The Life and Death of Jim Morrison" was fantastically written and exquisitely explained. James Riordan put out a hundred and ten percent in the writting of this book. His excellent choice of words added to the great research provided by Jerry Prochnicky. As a consistent reader of the Doors, I feel that this is by far the most thorough and conclusive book on the subject of Jim and the band. I have not read a book that even comes close the superb quality that "Break on Through" possesses and do not expect to see one in the future. The highest hat goes off to the finest and most avant-garde writer and researcher of the subject material.
Rating: 4
Summary: The Lizard King
Comment: This book depicts this controversial man's life from hischildhood until his death. It contains 544 pages of detaileddescriptions of the rise and fall of one of rock music's most influential stars. More importantly, the author did not write a monotonous book of facts. Instead, the author creatively portrayed Morrison, covering all aspects of his life: his childhood, his relationship to his parents, his high school and college years, his decision to become lead singer of The Doors, his abuse of alcohol and drugs, his controversial brushes with the law, his impact on society, and his death. One reason why I liked the book so much was the way that it was divided up into chapters that focused on different periods of Morrison's life. It would be wrong for me to say that James Riordan objectively wrote this biography. This is especially true when writing about Jim Morrison, one of the most controversial men in rock music. Riordan glorifies Morrison, and at times, I thought that Morrison was his hero. He speaks of Morrison's exploits with pride and literally compared the man to God. This is the first biography that I have ever read about a person that doesn't just point out dates and facts. Instead, Riordan wrote about who, what, when, where and how Jim Morrison came idolize youth and the 1960's. I highly recommend this book to people of all ages and backgrounds because the book intricately talks about the life of a man who changed society. Break on Through: The Life and Death of Jim Morrison, is unlike any book that I have ever read and I enjoyed it very much.
Rating: 5
Summary: Jim Morrison, my hero
Comment: Break On Through: The Life and Death of Jim Morrison, written by James Riordan and Jerry Prochnicky, is about a man who wants everything, and lives on the edge. Jim Morrison was believed to be a confused person who did not know anything about music when he was alive. After he died, people looked to him as a genius with creative songs about death. He had big dreams for himself when he was a young, and he fulfilled them any way he could. Jim did not have many dreams: he wanted to be a famous person, or a film producer with money. He went to film school at UCLA and quit to join a band. The band name was The Doors. Jim got the name for the band from a quote from William Blake: " If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear as it is, infinite." This book was bout Jim Morrison living for his band and dying knowing he did what he wanted. The only thing missing from this book is why Jim stopped talking to his parents: nobody knows why.
This book was written very well. It started when Jim had an experience with a shaman Indian when he was four years old until his death in 1971. The ideas had great detail, about shaman Indians that had nothing to do with Jim, except when he was young. It was an unusual book to read. People can learn just about all they want to know about him. People will get a feel of how it was to live in the sixties. The book was easy to read because the sentences flowed together, and was not choppy, and the words were easy to understand because there were no words a person would not know.
In the end, the book was nice to read. I have never been captured by a book like this before it felt as though it was really happening. I really enjoyed this book and give it five stars; I am going to buy this book. I would recommend this book to anybody who is inspired to sing and wants to live the dream of being famous. I would also recommend this book to people who want to know how hard it was to be famous in the sixties
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Title: The Doors by Danny Sugarman ISBN: 0688013635 Publisher: William Morrow Pub. Date: 19 September, 1983 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: Wilderness : The Lost Writings of Jim Morrison by Jim Morrison ISBN: 0679726225 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 17 December, 1989 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Riders on the Storm : My Life with Jim Morrison and the Doors by John Densmore ISBN: 0385304471 Publisher: Delta Pub. Date: 01 September, 1991 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Lords And New Creatures by Jim Morrison ISBN: 0671210440 Publisher: Fireside Pub. Date: 15 October, 1971 List Price(USD): $11.00 |
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Title: Lizard King by Jerry Hopkins ISBN: 0684818663 Publisher: Fireside Pub. Date: 01 October, 1995 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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