Dylan: A Biography
- ISBN-10
- 0393307697
- ISBN-13
- 9780393307696
- Series
- Dylan
- Category
- Rock musicians
- Pages
- 664
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1991
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Author
- Bob Spitz
Description
Looks beyond the myths surrounding Dylan to chronicle his transformation from a middle-class Jewish boy from Minnesota to a musical superstar and pop culture icon
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