And in the End: The Last Days of the Beatles
by Ken McNab
Trade Paperback
From the book publicity:
This is the story of the last days of The Beatles, a final chapter
reconstructing for the first time the seismic events of 1969, the year
that saw the band reach new highs of musical creativity and new lows of
internal strife. Two years after Flower Power and the hippie idealism of
the Summer of Love, the Sixties dream had perished on the vine. By
1969, violence and vindictiveness had replaced the Beatles' own mantra
of peace and love, and Vietnam and the Cold War had supplanted hope and
optimism. And just as the decade foundered on the altar of a cold, harsh
reality, so too did the Beatles.
In the midst of this rancor, however, emerged the disharmony of Let It Be and the ragged genius of Abbey Road, their incredible farewell love letter to the world.
