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Peter Ames Carlin

Peter Ames Carlin

Peter Ames Carlin

Peter Ames Carlin was born in Syracuse, NY, in 1963. He is the author of Catch A Wave: The Rise,Fall and Redemption of the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson and Paul McCartney: A Life. He lives with his wife and three children in Portland, Oregon.

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A. "Take it easy, but take it" -- Woody Guthrie
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Bruce will be released on May 23, 2013 in Mass Market Paperback
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Q. What is your motto or maxim? A. "Take it easy, but take it" -- Woody Guthrie Q. If you could be any person or thing, who or what would it be? A. A large albino worm on the ocean floor. They seem pretty chill. Q. If you could meet any historical character, who would it be and what would you say to him or her? A. Abraham LIncoln. "Duck!" Q. What are your 5 favorite songs? A. Depends on the day. Or the hour. Or the minute. I'm serious. Q. Which living person do you most admire? A. That guy who stood in front of the tanks in Tiananmen Square in 1989. Learn more about Peter Ames Carlin

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...years later, remains his biggest-selling studio disc besides 1984's "Born in the U.S.A." Author Peter Ames Carlin, who also has written biographies of Paul McCartney and the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson, wrote "Bruce" with Springsteen's cooperation. Carlin...
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Reno Gazette-Journal, March 4, 2013
...Music writer Peter Ames Carlin signs and discusses Bruce,his new biography of Bruce Springsteen, at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Sundance Books and Music, 121 California Ave. Bruce is the first...
Columbian.com, January 27, 2013
...State University Vancouver, Library Building, room 264, 14204 N.E. Salmon Creek Ave. With biographer and pop-culture writer Peter Ames Carlin. Free. * Howard Aaron, howard823@comcast.net...
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...convince people that your company is socially responsible.(As an aside, on the second to last page ofBruce,Peter Ames Carlin's new biography of Bruce Springsteen, The Boss says that the E Street Band is an organization with a purpose. This statement...
Manmade Mag, January 23, 2013
...Springsteen bios that also includes Marc Dolan's Bruce Springsteen and the Promise of Rock and Roll and Peter Ames Carlin's semi-authorized Bruce, noted...
San Francisco Chronicle, January 11, 2013
...So Many Predictions Fail - But Some Don't Nate Silver (The Penguin Press; $27.95) 8. BRUCE Peter Ames Carlin (Touchstone; $28) 9. ROLL ME UP AND SMOKE ME WHEN I DIE: Musings From the Road (Morrow/HarperCollins; $22.99) 10. BEHIND THE...
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...Brown, Lori Brown, James Bulas, Michael G. Bush, Tony Butala, Dan Caine, Glen Campbell, Michael Campion, Trisha Campo, Peter Ames Carlin, Chris Carter, Dale Carter, Ed Carter, Peter Cetera, Les Chan, Brian Chidester, Rob Christie, Alan Cline, Betty...
The Local Sweden, May 7, 2013
...There is Louis P. Masur's Runaway Dream. Born to run and Bruce Springsteen’s American Vision and Peter Ames Carlin's Bruce. Masur describes how, during his school years, Springsteen was plagued by his Catholic teachers, which lead him to develop a...
The Local Sweden, May 7, 2013
...There is Louis P. Masur's Runaway Dream. Born to run and Bruce Springsteen’s American Vision and Peter Ames Carlin's Bruce. Masur describes how, during his school years, Springsteen was plagued by his Catholic teachers, which lead him to develop a...
Keene Sentinel, April 11, 2013
...38 years later, remains his biggest-selling studio disc besides 1984’s “Born in the U.S.A.” Author Peter Ames Carlin, who also has written biographies of Paul McCartney and the Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson, wrote “Bruce” with Springsteen’s...
Pop Matters, April 10, 2013
...38 years later, remains his biggest-selling studio disc besides 1984’s “Born in the U.S.A.” Author Peter Ames Carlin, who also has written biographies of Paul McCartney and the Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson, wrote “Bruce” with Springsteen’s...
TMC Net, April 10, 2013
...years later, remains his biggest-selling studio disc besides 1984's "Born in the U.S.A." Author Peter Ames Carlin, who also has written biographies of Paul McCartney and the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson, wrote "Bruce" with Springsteen's cooperation. Carlin...
TMC Net, April 10, 2013
...years later, remains his biggest-selling studio disc besides 1984's "Born in the U.S.A." Author Peter Ames Carlin, who also has written biographies of Paul McCartney and the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson, wrote "Bruce" with Springsteen's cooperation. Carlin...