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The last days of John Lennon : the assassination that changed a generation

The last days of John Lennon : the assassination that changed a generation

"John Lennon was one of the world's most influential people. Mark David Chapman was one of the most invisible. By the end of 1980, the Beatles had been broken up for a decade -- a decade John Lennon had spent in search of his true identity: singer, songwriter, activist, burn out. "It's the perfect time to be coming back," he declared. Except that Lennon was a marked man. As early as the Beatles' controversial 1966 American tour, the band had feared for their safety. "You might as well put a target on me," Lennon said, and the Nixon administration complied by opening an FBI file. If only the agents hadn't been so intently focused on the star himself, they might have detected Mark David Chapman's powerful, ever-growing obsession with his onetime idol. Chapman, himself a tragic nowhere man, ultimately achieved the notoriety he craved by actualizing the target on Lennon -- single-handedly wounding the spirit of a generation."--Publisher's description.

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ADULT NON FICTION   CASINO . Available .  
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ISBN 9781529125207
Call Number 782.42166/PAT
Author Patterson, James, 1947- (author)
Title The last days of John Lennon :
the assassination that changed a generation
Publication Details London :
Century
2020
Physical Description 432 p.
Summary "John Lennon was one of the world's most influential people. Mark David Chapman was one of the most invisible. By the end of 1980, the Beatles had been broken up for a decade -- a decade John Lennon had spent in search of his true identity: singer, songwriter, activist, burn out. "It's the perfect time to be coming back," he declared. Except that Lennon was a marked man. As early as the Beatles' controversial 1966 American tour, the band had feared for their safety. "You might as well put a target on me," Lennon said, and the Nixon administration complied by opening an FBI file. If only the agents hadn't been so intently focused on the star himself, they might have detected Mark David Chapman's powerful, ever-growing obsession with his onetime idol. Chapman, himself a tragic nowhere man, ultimately achieved the notoriety he craved by actualizing the target on Lennon -- single-handedly wounding the spirit of a generation."--Publisher's description.
Personal Name Lennon, John 1940-1980
Chapman, Mark David
Corporate Name Beatles
Subject Rock musicians -- England -- Biography
Singers -- England -- Biography
Rock musicians -- Great Britain -- Biography
Murder
Genre/ Form Biographies
True crime stories
Contributors Wedge, Dave
Sherman, Casey
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