Like a Rolling stone

1678 Pages·2022·10.545 MB·English

by  Jann Wenner,Jann S,Wenner

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ISBN 978-0-316-41539-2
E3-20220810-JV-NF-ORI
CONTENTS
COVER
TITLE PAGE
COPYRIGHT
DEDICATION
EPIGRAPH
PROLOGUE: THE LAST DAYS
PART ONE—BEGINNINGS
1. Rainbow Road
2. The School on the Hill
3. Berkeley
4. Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out
5. London Calling
6. Jane
PART TWO—ROLLING STONE
7. The First Issue
8. A Family Affair
9. Mick Jagger, Pete Townshend, and the Naked Beatle
10. A Brief Visit to Planet New York
11. Trans-Oceanic Comics Company
12. Me and Boz, Sittin’ on Otis’ Porch
13. Talking Bob Dylan
14. Altamont and the End of the Innocence
15. Helter Skelter
16. John Lennon and Hunter Thompson Drop By
17. Lennon Remembers
18. Putting Together the Home Team
19. The House on California Street
20. A Day in the Life
21. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
22. The Beast Stirs in Big Sur
23. Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail
24. Truman and Andy, Paul Bowles and Uncle Earl
25. A Wonder of American Journalism
26. From Elko to Egypt
27. Farewell to Ralph J. Gleason
28. Becoming Bicoastal
29. The Scoop of the Seventies
PART THREE—THE EMPIRE
30. The Big Apple
31. John Belushi, Incoming
32. Our Tenth Anniversary
33. Christmases with Jackie
34. The Dry Heaves
35. Asleep at the Wheel
36. The Dream Is Over
37. Fuck the NRA
38. God Has His Hands Full
39. Diamond Rash, Limousine Elbow
40. The Hall of Fame
41. The Bonfire of the Vanities
42. The Gift of God
43. Yoko and the Gorbachevs
44. My Father’s Death
45. Altitude Adjustments
46. The King and Queen of Pop
47. Blue Highways
48. Bill Clinton and the Three Stooges
49. A Visit to the White House
50. The Death of Jackie Onassis
51. Matt
PART FOUR—SETTLING DOWN
52. Passages
53. A Visit from Jane
54. The Best Magazine in America
55. Only the Good Die Young
56. All Out for Al
57. My City of Ruins
58. My Private Idaho
59. Watching the River Flow
60. Kerry Loses
61. Hunter Thompson, R.I.P.
62. Hunter Redux with Johnny Depp
63. Magazine Wars
64. They Say It’s Yer Birthday
65. The Wheel of Life
66. Is It Rolling, Bob?
67. Burning Man
68. ‘Higher and Higher’
69. The Runaway General
70. The Wrecking Ball
71. The Road to Rio
72. The Million-Pound Shit Hammer
73. Bad Moon Rising
74. The Gathering Storm
PART FIVE—GOODBYE TO ALL THAT
75. Selling Rolling Stone
76. The Road to Recovery
77. My Last Letter from the Editor
PHOTOS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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PERMISSIONS AND CREDITS