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Description

1. vi, 584 p., [24] p. of plates : ill.; 25 cm.

Summary

1. "Girls Like Us" is a groundbreaking and irresistible biography of three of America's most important musical artists--Carly Simon, Carole King, and Joni Mitchell--and offers an epic treatment of these mid-century women who dared to break tradition.

Subject

1. King, Carole, 1942-
2. Mitchell, Joni
3. Simon, Carly
4. Singers > Biography
5. Rock musicians > Biography
6. Women rock musicians > Biography

Contents

1. "We can only look behind from where we came" -- "I'm home again, in my old narrow bed" -- "And the sun poured in like butterscotch" -- "I feel the earth move under my feet" -- "We just come from such different sets of circumstance" -- "In the river I know I will find the key".

Call number

1. JNE 08-114

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes discography: p. 561-564.
2. Includes bibliographical references (p. 545-559) and index.

Author

1. Weller, Sheila.

Title

1. Girls like us : Carole King, Joni Mitchell, and Carly Simon--and the journey of a generation / Sheila Weller.

Imprint

1. New York : Atria Books, 2008.

Edition

1. 1st Atria Books hardcover ed.

Bibliography

1. Includes discography: p. 561-564.
2. Includes bibliographical references (p. 545-559) and index.

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1. Publisher description
2. Sample text

LCCN

1. 2007043445

ISBN

1. 0743491475
2. 9780743491471

Research call number

1. JNE 08-114