One of America.s finest historians shows us how Bob Dylan, one of the country.s
greatest and most enduring artists, still surprises and moves us after all these years.

Growing up in Greenwich Village, Sean Wilentz discov.ered the music of Bob Dylan as
a young teenager; almost half a century later, he revisits Dylan.s work with the skills
of an eminent American historian as well as the passion of a fan. Drawn in part from
Wilentz.s essays as .historian in residence. of Dylan.s official website, Bob Dylan in
America is a unique blend of fact, interpretation, and affinity.a book that, much like
its subject, shifts gears and changes shape as the occasion warrants.

Beginning with his explosion onto the scene in 1961, this book follows Dylan as he
continues to develop a body of musical and literary work unique in our cultural history.
Wilentz.s approach places Dylan.s music in the context of its time, including the early
influences of Popular Front ideology and Beat aesthetics, and offers a larger critical
appreciation of Dylan as both a song.writer and performer down to the present. Wilentz
has had unprecedented access to studio tapes, recording notes, rare photographs, and other
materials, all of which allow him to tell Dylan.s story and that of such masterpieces as
Blonde on Blonde with an unprecedented authenticity and richness.

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