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John Lennon "Imagine", by Jeff Burlingame, is a compelling biography about about one
of the most influential, inspiring, famous figure of the 20th and 21st century, John Lennon. The
book goes into great detail of every part of his life. The book even talks about his family before
he was born. From birth to death, John Lennon had a very difficult life, but also found that his
fame and success was fun and enjoyable. John was born in Liverpool, England on October 9,
1940 during a air battle of World War II. John's parents divorced young, and his father was in
and out of his life. John's mother left him to live with his aunt and uncle at the age of 6, and his
mother took care of her new family. John's uncle died after a few years of him living there, and
he was left to live alone with his aunt. John's love for poetry and music was amazing at such a
young age. His floor in his room was covered in pieces of paper full of songs and poetry. John
was also skilled with drawing. Even at this age, it can be observed that his ways gifted in the
way of the arts. Loving music, John started a band early on, and became very passionate about
it. The band consumed his life like dark clouds consume a sunny day. Although it had positive, it
also had negative affects. John lost interest in schooling and gave up on his studies. It seemed that
music was the only thing that he had. He and his mother started to get close again at the age of 15,
but it was ended shortly when she hit and killed by a car when he was 17. John's band started
becoming popular, and eventually started touring. His band mates played a huge role in his life, as
well as his song writing. They were his best friends. John's band, The Beatles, become the most
success full band of all time, landing all of them in the rock and role hall of fame. Today, the band
has sold over 1 billion copies of their music, and still rising. In 1970, the band officially broke up,
leading John into a unique and different solo career than most were expecting. It was common
knowledge that John Lennon was a peace activist, and protested the Vietnam War. He produced
most protesting the war as well as live protests from his and his wife's hotel room. He also began
experimenting with drugs. This ended a lot of respected views of the public, as well as gained some
troublesome ones from the government and F.B.I., for he lived in the U.S. at the time. The F.B.I.
were concerned that he was a national threat, and where thinking about deporting him. John started
on his upcoming new child, and cleaned up, and the F.B.I. stopped their quest to deport him. John
raised his kid in New York until he was shot and killed in 1980, by Mark David Chapman.
Being the book's only character, it describes John in detail being very talented in not only
music, but writing and drawing also. I believe John's wonder in the world made himself very
creative, and made his music and songs very influential, as well as the way he sang. John's love for
music is what kept him in not making horrible mistakes in his early developing life. I believe that
he too even knew this after growing up. John Lennon was an amazing person from beginning to end.
The theme of this book is obviously biography. The author did an impressive job of displaying
and describing every inch of his life, positive and negative. Putting in the amount of detail he did, Mr.
Burlingame made it very easy to understand what John well possibly was feeling at every twist and
turn of his roller coaster of a life.
This book was extremely well written. I was all ready previously educated about John Lennon,
but I learned tons of interesting as well as shocking information. I say that even if you think you know
everything about him, this book will definitely expand your knowledge on this man. I recommend this
book to anyone, whether just trying to learn a few things, or want to learn everything.
Jeff Burlingame has also written a biography on Kurt Cobain. If you enjoyed this biography, I
suggest you check this one out also. As well as this was written I would expect the same, if not more
quality. The title of the book is Kurt Cobain "Oh well, whatever, never mind". You can read more on
this book at http://www.yabookscentral.com/yanonfiction/6430-kurt-cobain-oh-well-whatever-nevermind.
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