New York, New York, U.S.A.: Gotham Books, 2004 8.5 X 6.5" in hard covers. Book & jacket are in near mint condition except for a remainder mark, lower edge. 482pp.. F. Hardcover.

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As the lead singer of the Doors, Jim Morrison’s searing poetic vision and voracious appetite for sexual, spiritual, and psychedelic experience inflamed the spirit and psyche of a generation. Since his mysterious death in 1971, millions more fans from a new generation have embraced his legacy, as layers of myth have gathered to enshroud the life, career, and true character of the man who was James Douglas Morrison. In Jim Morrison , critically acclaimed journalist Stephen Davis, author of Hammer of the Gods , unmasks Morrison’s constructed personas of the Lizard King and Mr. Mojo Risin’ to reveal a man of fierce intelligence whose own destructive tendencies both fueled his creative ambitions and brought about his downfall. Gathered from dozens of original interviews and investigations of Morrison’s personal journals, Davis has assembled a vivid portrait of a misunderstood genius, tracing the arc of Morrison’s life from his troubled youth to his international stardom, when his drug and alcohol binges, tumultuous sexual affairs, and fractious personal relationships reached a frenzied peak. For the first time, Davis is able to reconstruct Morrison’s last days in Paris to solve one of the greatest mysteries in music history in a shocking final chapter. Compelling and harrowing, intimate and revelatory, Jim Morrison is the definitive biography of the rock idol in snakeskin and leather who defined the 1960s.

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Bookseller: THE BOOK VAULT (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 000984
Title: Jim Morrison: Life, Death, Legend
Author: Davis, Stephen
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used
Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: F
ISBN 10: 1592400647
ISBN 13: 9781592400645
Publisher: New York, New York, U.S.A.: Gotham Books, 2004
Place of Publication: New York, New York, U.s.a.
This edition first published: June 17, 2004
Keywords: MORRISON JIM 1943 1971 BIOGRAPHY 1592400647, ROCK MUSIC, MUSICIANS, SINGERS,
Bookseller catalogs: Biography & Memoir;

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