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This Boy: The Early Lives of John Lennon & Paul McCartney
Ilene Cooper
Ages: 12+
Published: 2023
Publisher: Viking/Penguin Random House
ISBN: 978-0-451-47585-5
Keywords: The Beatles, Post-War England, Early rock n'roll, songwriting
The influences that shaped Lennon-McCartney, warts and all, with a captivating look at 1950s England. Archival photographs. Endnotes.