JIM MORRISON     Life, Death, Legend

by Stephen Davis  <>  496 pages

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U.S. release dates:    http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1592400647/qid=1086369055/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/002-2575404-4074469?v=glance&s=books

Publisher:  Gotham Books

June 17, 2004  (hardcover)  ISBN #1592400647

 

This will also be released as an unabridged audio CD

Publisher:  Penguin

June 17, 2004   (spoken word audio CD)   ISBN# 014280066X

 

Publisher:  Penguin Audiobooks

August 2004  (audio cassette)  ISBN #0142800694

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U.K. release dates: 

Publisher:  Ebury Press

June 3, 2004  (hardcover)  ISBN #0091900417

May 5, 2005   (softcover)   ISBN #0091900425

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Synopsis from www.amazon.co.uk

Jim Morrison epitomized the late 1960s - the sex, drugs and rock n roll. He was the greatest American rock star and one of the most publicised celebrities of his era, but more than three decades later, his life, works and music have yet to yield all their secrets and mysteries. As lead singer of The Doors, Jim Morrison was known for his love affair with acid, his suicide mission and his attempts to release his generation from what he saw as a prison-like conformity to social and sexual norms. He called himself and his band 'erotic politicians,' and urged his huge audience, at the height of the 1960s, to break on through the doors of perception. Jim Morrison is packed with startling new revelations about every phase of his life and career, from his troubled youth in a strict military household to his blossoming as a rock icon among the avant-
garde LA scene to his voracious drug abuse and sexual experiments.  Using new evidence, Davis also investigates one of the greatest mysteries in rock history - the circumstances surrounding Morrison's
mysterious and unsolved death in Paris in 1971. Compelling and unforgettable"
 

Book Description from www.amazon.com

As an artist and persona, Jim Morrison epitomized the late 1960s, bridging a burgeoning counterculture and popular culture, while acting out the iconoclastic rage, rampant libido, and spectacular flameout of a tumultuous era. The music he created with The Doors has sold over 50 million records worldwide—with over 13 million in the last decade alone, as their songs have been embraced by a new generation. But despite Morrison’s seminal importance, there has not yet been an authoritative biography that does justice to him and his creative legacy. Until now.

Stephen Davis, the preeminent rock biographer and author of the classic Led Zeppelin history Hammer of the Gods (over 600,000 copies sold in three editions, and a #1 New York Times bestseller), has uncovered never-before-seen documents, conducted dozens of original interviews, and scoured Morrison’s unpublished journals and recordings to write the definitive biography of a misunderstood legend. Jim Morrison is packed with startling new revelations about every phase of his life and career, from his troubled youth in a strict military household to his blossoming as a rock icon among the avant-garde LA scene to his voracious drug abuse and secret sexual experiments. Davis also investigates one of the greatest mysteries in rock history—the circumstances surrounding Morrison’s mysterious and unsolved death—as he pieces together new evidence to tell the true and heartbreaking story of Morrison’s last tragic days in Paris.

Compelling and unforgettable, Jim Morrison is destined to become a classic.
 

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