Best Jim Morrison Biography - April 2024

Jim Morrison: Life, Death, Legend

As the lead singer of the Doors, Jim Morrison’s searing poetic vision and voracious appetite for sexual, spiritual, and psychedelic experience inflamed the spirit and psyche of a generation. Since his mysterious death in 1971, millions more fans from a new generation have embraced his legacy, as layers of myth have gathered to enshroud the life, career, and true character of the man who was James Douglas Morrison.In Jim Morrison, critically acclaimed journalist Stephen Davis, author of Hammer of the Gods, unmasks Morrison’s constructed personas of the Lizard King and Mr. Mojo Risin’ to r... [Read More]

• ASIN: 159240099X
• ASIN: 159240099X
• ISBN: 159240099X
• Manufacturer: Avery

The Jim Morrison Scrapbook

Produced with the full cooperation of the Morrison estates, The Jim Morrison Scrapbook captures the wild life, mysterious death, and enduring work of the Doors' legendary leader. New interviews with friends, family members, surviving band members, and music industry figures complement a selection of rare and never-before-published photos, including shots of private moments with his "cosmic mate" Pam Courson and his last days in Paris. The book also features 24 pieces of removable facsimile memorabilia, such as Jim's handwritten lyrics to "L. A. Woman," his teenage artwork, and a letter to his ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1932855742
• ASIN: 1932855742
• ISBN: 1932855742
• Brand: Chronicle Books
• Manufacturer: Chronicle Books

Wilderness: The Lost Writings of Jim Morrison, Volume 1

Compiled from the literary estate of the singer who brought a wildly lyrical poetry of the damned to the world of rock 'n' roll. Includes unpublished poems, drawings, photos, and a candid self-interview.

• ASIN: 0679726225
• ASIN: 0679726225
• ISBN: 0679726225
• Manufacturer: Vintage

Break on Through: The Life and Death of Jim Morrison

Thirty-five years after his death in Paris at age twenty-seven, Jim Morrison's iconic legend remains as powerful as ever, swathed in the mists of mystery. There have been numerous biographies about the self-proclaimed "Lizard King's" life and career. But none have examined his roots and childhood, the intellectual foundations of his music, his wild days with the Doors, and his enigmatic early death as completely and insightfully as Break On Through. More than simply a fascinating look at a rock legend whose cult following never stops growing, here is the definitive Morrison biography: his a... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0688119158
• ASIN: 0688119158
• ISBN: 0688119158
• Brand: It Books
• Manufacturer: It Books

Light My Fire: My Life with The Doors

"The best book yet about The Doors." --BooklistThe inside story of the Doors, by cofounder and keyboard player Ray Manzarek. Includes 16 pages of photos."A refreshingly candid read...a Doors bio worth opening." --Entertainment WeeklyNo other band has ever sounded quite like the Doors, and no other frontman has ever transfixed an audience quite the way Jim Morrison did. Ray Manzarek, the band's co-founder and keyboard player, was there from the very start--and until the sad dissolution--of the Doors. In this heartfelt and colorfully detailed memoir, complete with 16 pages of photographs, he bri... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0425170454
• ASIN: 0425170454
• ISBN: 0425170454
• Brand: Manzarek, Ray
• Manufacturer: Berkley

No One Here Gets Out Alive

Here is Jim Morrison in all his complexity-singer, philosopher, poet, delinquent-the brilliant, charismatic, and obsessed seeker who rejected authority in any form, the explorer who probed "the bounds of reality to see what would happen..." Seven years in the writing, this definitive biography is the work of two men whose empathy and experience with Jim Morrison uniquely prepared them to recount this modern tragedy: Jerry Hopkins, whose famous Presley biography, Elvis, was inspired by Morrison's suggestion, and Danny Sugerman, confidant of and aide to the Doors. With an afterword by Michael Mc... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0446602280
• ASIN: 0446602280
• ISBN: 0446602280
• Brand: Warner Books
• Manufacturer: Warner Books

Thanks a Lot Mr Kibblewhite: My Story

The frontman of one of the greatest bands of all time tells the story of his rise from nothing to rock 'n' roll megastar, and his wild journey as the voice of The Who.“It’s taken me three years to unpack the events of my life, to remember who did what when and why, to separate the myths from the reality, to unravel what really happened at the Holiday Inn on Keith Moon’s 21st birthday,” says Roger Daltrey, the powerhouse vocalist of The Who. The result of this introspection is a remarkable memoir, instantly captivating, funny and frank, chock-full of well-earned wisdom and one-of-a-kind... [Read More]

• ASIN: 125029603X
• ASIN: 125029603X
• ISBN: 125029603X
• Manufacturer: Henry Holt and Co.

Love Him Madly: An Intimate Memoir of Jim Morrison

It was 1967. Judy Huddleston’s parents had just gotten divorced, and she spent her last year of high school attending Doors concerts. Transformed from a perceptive child into a rebellious teenager bent on attracting boys and fueled by psychedelics, she had lost her sense of self. Then Jim Morrison came into her life. Love Him Madly chronicles Judy’s four-year relationship with the singer. Honest and funny, written in the idealistic but jaded voice of a teenager, this intensely intimate memoir is a cautionary tale about sex, codependence, and misplaced spirituality. It also provides a dire... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1613747500
• ASIN: 1613747500
• ISBN: 1613747500
• Manufacturer: Chicago Review Press

The Lizard King Was Here: The Life and Times of Jim Morrison in Alexandria, Virginia

THE LIZARD KING WAS HERE is an in-depth study of a greatly overlooked period in the mercurial life of Jim Morrison, the late poet and lyricist-vocalist of the rock and roll band "The Doors" who died at the age of 27 in 1971. Examining Morrison's life fro

• ASIN: 1425713300
• ASIN: 1425713300
• ISBN: 1425713300
• Manufacturer: Xlibris

We Have Overcome: An Immigrant's Letter to the American People

As Seen on Tucker Carlson Tonight A black immigrant’s eloquent appreciation of the American Dream, and why his adopted nation remains the most noble experiment in enabling the pursuit of happiness.It has been more than fifty years since the Civil Rights Act enshrined equality under the law for all Americans. Since that time, America has enjoyed an era of unprecedented prosperity, domestic and international peace, and technological advancement. It’s almost as if removing the shackles of enforced racial discrimination has liberated Americans of all races and ethnicities to become their bette... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1682617300
• ASIN: 1682617300
• ISBN: 1682617300
• Manufacturer: Bombardier Books

Riders on the Storm: My Life with Jim Morrison and the Doors

“This book is the real story.”—Robby Krieger“[John] Densmore's is the first Doors biography that feels like it was written for the right reasons, and it is easily the most informed account of the Doors' brief but brilliant life as a group. . . . Densmore is a fluent, articulate writer who both comprehends the Doors' unearthly power and is on familiar terms with their antecdedents in literature, theater, and myth.”—Rolling Stone“Well-written and touching . . . tells it all and tells it honestly.”—The New York Times Book Review“John Densmore's Riders of the Storm is as good... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0385304471
• ASIN: 0385304471
• ISBN: 0385304471
• Manufacturer: Delta

The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell

• ASIN: B002PEP4QY
• ASIN: B002PEP4QY
• Manufacturer: HarperCollins e-books

Wild Child: Life with Jim Morrison

Linda Ashcroft offers an intimate memoir of Jim Morrison at the height of his career. This vivid portrait is based on her diaries from the four-year period when she knew Morrison. "Wild Child," one of Morrison's most popular songs, was written for Ashcroft. Morrison's dreams and demons, and the meaning behind his lyrics and poems, are revealed through Ashcroft's evocative writing. Wild Child is a richly detailed and passionate account of what life was like with the legendary Doors singer. It is also the first book to illuminate the mystery of Morrison's death through the words of the woman who... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1560252499
• ASIN: 1560252499
• ISBN: 1560252499
• Brand: Brand: Da Capo Press
• Manufacturer: Da Capo Press

Ben Tillman and the Reconstruction of White Supremacy (The Fred W. Morrison Series in Southern Studies)

Through the life of Benjamin Ryan Tillman (1847-1918), South Carolina's self-styled agrarian rebel, this book traces the history of white male supremacy and its discontents from the era of plantation slavery to the age of Jim Crow.As an anti-Reconstruction guerrilla, Democratic activist, South Carolina governor, and U.S. senator, Tillman offered a vision of reform that was proudly white supremacist. In the name of white male militance, productivity, and solidarity, he justified lynching and disfranchised most of his state's black voters. His arguments and accomplishments rested on the premise ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0807848395
• ASIN: 0807848395
• ISBN: 0807848395
• Manufacturer: The University of North Carolina Press

L.A.WOMAN

Soon to be a TV show on Hulu Eve Babitz is a writer like no other—she “is to prose what Chet Baker is to jazz” (Vanity Fair)—and she has influenced a generation of writers and readers with her sophisticated, witty, and delightful work. L.A. Woman is quintessential Babitz, the story of Sophie, a twenty-something blonde Jim Morrison groupie gliding through a golden existence in L.A. and Lola, a German immigrant who settles in Hollywood in the twenties to drive Pierce Arrows recklessly down Sunset Boulevard and who knows that Maybelline mascara cakes and Rudolph Valentino are the essence ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1501132725
• ASIN: 1501132725
• ISBN: 1501132725
• Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

No One Here Gets Out Alive : The Biography of Jim Morrison. Jerry Hopkins, Daniel Sugerman

Books : No One Here Gets Out Alive: The Biography of Jim Morrison

• UPC: 665311911
• Rating: 3.4

The American Night : The Writings of Jim Morrison

Never-before-seen poetry, prose, epigrams, diary entries, and scribblings fill a second posthumous volume of writings by the lead singer of the

• UPC: 380387
• Rating: 4.333

Wilderness : The Lost Writings of Jim Morrison

A collection of poems, diary entries, and drawings by the Doors' driving force is accompanied by a Morrison "self-interview" and an afterword by his best

• UPC: 380644
• Rating: 3.25

Mr. Mojo : A Biography of Jim Morrison

A revealing biography of Jim Morrison, lead singer of The Doors and a musical

• UPC: 46588693

Jim Morrison : LIfe, Death, Legend

Sure to become a bestselling perennial in paperback: the leading rock journalist of today unearths startling new evidence about the raucous life and mysterious death of Jim Morrison, the brilliant and secretive leader of The

• UPC: 3537903
• Rating: 4.5

Riders on the Storm : My Life with Jim Morrison and the Doors

The Doors' former drummer traces the rise and fall of the band eighteen years after singer Jim Morrison's

• UPC: 461237
• Rating: 4.0

27 : A History of the 27 Club through the Lives of Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, and Amy Winehouse

The definitive, evidence-based history of the 27 Club (music stars who died at 27), examining its six most iconic

• UPC: 43379977
• Rating: 4.5

Love Him Madly : An Intimate Memoir of Jim Morrison

"Sections of this book were previously published in a different form as This is the end-- my only friend"--Title page

• UPC: 22264000
• Rating: 3.5

Jim Henson : The Biography

A comprehensive biography of the life and accomplishments of the famous puppeteer and creator of the

• UPC: 42594096
• Rating: 4.485

Break on Through : The Life and Death of Jim Morrison

From Jim Morrison's early family life to the intellectual foundations of his music and his wild days with The Doors, the authors provide an insightful look at a rock legend whose cult following never stops

• UPC: 372467
• Rating: 4.0