Want to know what song John and Paul wrote for the Rolling Stones? Or why Paul is barefoot on the Abbey Road cover? Here's where to find the answers to even the most arcane Beatles trivia questions. From bootleg discographies to songs with Beatles as supporting players, Allen Wiener's book is a magical mystery tour of the Fab Four's careers and recordings. 100 photographs.
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Allen J. Wiener is co-author, with James R. Boylston, of "David Crockett in Congress: The Rise and Fall of the Poor Man's Friend." He also is author of "The Beatles: The Ultimate Recording Guide" and co-author of "Music of the Alamo." He has written for the "Washington Post," "People," "American History," "Goldmine," "Discoveries," "Western Clippings," "The Alamo Journal" and "The Crockett Chronicle," and has written liner notes for several CDs. He was born in New Jersey and has lived in Maryland for the past 25 years. "David Crockett in Congress" has been his most rewarding experience as a writer. "I feel that we reclaimed the real Crockett," he says. "Crockett has been obscured by his quasi-fictional alter-ego, "Davy" Crockett, but the real man was far more interesting. Contrary to a thread that runs through most biographies of him, he was anything but a clueless frontiersman, out of his depth in Washington. He could play the game as well as anyone and knew how things worked in Congress. He failed in the end because the Jacksonians were afraid of his growing national popularity and saw him as a threat, and they pulled out all the stops to unseat him. His sacrifice at the Alamo should be remembered and honored, but so should his long political struggle as an advocate for the poor, social reformer, and egalitarian."
