The Cynical Idealist: A Spiritual Biography of John Lennon by Tillery, Gary

The Cynical Idealist: A Spiritual Biography of John Lennon (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780835608756)

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The Cynical Idealist: A Spiritual Biography of John Lennon by Tillery, Gary

The Cynical Idealist: A Spiritual Biography of John Lennon

$15.95
The Cynical Idealist: A Spiritual Biography of John Lennon by Tillery, Gary

The Cynical Idealist: A Spiritual Biography of John Lennon

$15.95
Format: Paperback
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A radio playlist could easily follow John Lennon's Mind Games with Do Ya Think I'm Sexy. But comparing the two, it becomes obvious that Lennon had more in common with the great thinkers of any age than with the songwriters who were his contemporaries. Cynical Idealist reveals, for the first time, the spiritual odyssey of this extraordinary man. Out of a turbulent life, from his troubled, working-class childhood throughout his many roles -- Beatle, peace advocate, social activist, househusband -- Lennon managed to fashion a philosophy that elevates the human spirit and encourages people to work, individually and collectively, toward a better world. Like Socrates, Lennon wanted to stimulate people to think for themselves. There ain't no guru who can see through your eyes, he sings in I Found Out. Cynical Idealist beautifully articulates this and the other lessons John Lennon passed along through his songs and through the example of his life.

Author: Gary Tillery
ISBN-10: 0835608751
ISBN-13: 9780835608756
Publisher: Quest Books (IL)
Language: English
Published: 12/01/2009
Pages: 216
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.10w x 0.60d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 11/09/2009 pg. 44
By Gary Tillery
By Gary Tillery
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A native of the Southwest, Gary Tillery was born in Phoenix in 1947. In 1968-69 he served in Vietnam with the United States Air Force. His enlistment was over in 1970. After two decades in the business world, primarily as co-owner of an advertising agency in suburban Chicago, he turned his time and energy to his lifelong passion for literature and art. He published a collection of interrelated short stories set in Vietnam titled Darkling Plain, and began a series of humorous novels featuring soft-boiled detective Jack Savage--the first two titled Death, Be Not Loud and To An Aesthete Dying Young. Tillery is also a professional sculptor. His most prominent work is the sculpture for the Vietnam Memorial in Chicago. He also created the bronze bust of Steve Allen for the Steve Allen Theater in Hollywood; and through his association with the Rotblatt-Amrany Studio he created, among other works, the life-size bronze of Luis Aparicio at U. S. Cellular Field.

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