Got to Make It [Paperback]

Jack Eadon (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 2001

A powerful sixties coming of age memoir of a boy/man in a band, capturing all the pain and joy of growing up during that special time.

Editorial Reviews

Review

An evocative story of a sixties band. Eadon's account of boyhood is funny, perceptive. A truly special read. -- Katharine Stall, author, Den of Thieves

Eadon's journey is like a time machine to the sixties when we learned about connecting, family, friends, and love. -- Ilyse Johnson, WRVA Radio, Richmond

The self-perceptive dialogue is witty, wry, and captivating. The voice often sounds like a hip Holden Caulfield. -- Jeff Berkwits, former Entertainment Editor, Galaxy Online

From the Author

Hopefully, GOT TO MAKE IT has captured what it was really like to grow up during the best of times, the worst of times.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 307 pages
• Publisher: Vantage Pr (July 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0533136156
• ISBN-13: 978-0533136155
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,302,843 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tears - Tunes & Happiness, October 4, 2001

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gary droege (Missouri) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Got to Make It (Paperback)

A captivating story of a young boy's first adventure in the world of music, love, and self fulfillment. It's style is very realistic and truly allows the reader to follow his adventures, happiness, and disappointments. The narrative makes you travel with the author down the early roads of his life journey as though you were at his side. An excellent read for those who can remember those days, and a great opportunity for those too young to grasp the feelings of what it must have been like to experience life as did he. It also takes you through the challenges he experienced and gives a vivid picture of how he survived a brain tumor, failed marriage, and other serious and not so serious life events.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Now I Get It, November 8, 2001

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"daverni" (Downers Grove, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Got to Make It (Paperback)

It still bugs me that I missed Woodstock.

I was only nine years old that summer, so I didn't fully realize what it was all about. Not until years later, after growing up with the music that had been introduced to me by my older brother, did I realize what an influential (and mind-bending)event that must have been. Looking back, I have always felt that I missed out on one of the defining moments of the '60s.

Fortunately, this book was written. After reading Got To Make It, there are now many more things I can understand, relate to, and appreciate more fully. With its personal, insightful perspective, the book speaks on behalf of those who lived through the turmoil of that decade -- and how it changed them and shaped them. The personal impact of events like the draft, the anti-war protests, and the hunger marches, and pivotal crises like the Kennedy and King assassinations and Kent State, are all brought home with a clear voice that sparks a direct connection, at a heart-to-heart level, between all those old rockers and their wide-eyed younger brothers (like me).

I now feel that I can better understand what my brother went through as we were growing up together in that tree-shaded, middle-class Vanilla World known as suburban Chicago. And why he always seemed a little bit smarter than me.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Got to Make It! by Jack Eadon, October 29, 2001

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Caryn Haas (Wheaton, IL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Got to Make It (Paperback)

Jack Eadon pours out his heart and soul making himself vulnerable to the world and himself. He shows great insight on a universal level. True artists get lost in their medium; Jack's being the poetry. I see "Got to Make It!" as timeless. I was able to relate to the feeling of the 60's, paralleling the emotional environment today in our world. I found this book very thought provoking. I can't wait to hear the music!