- Paperback: 192 pages
- Publisher: University of Minnesota Press (4 Jun 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 081665445X
- ISBN-13: 978-0816654451
- Product Dimensions: 21.4 x 14.1 x 1.7 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,014,895 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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In this paperback reprint of the 1971 biography examining the early years of singer Bob Dylan (nee: Bobby Zimmerman) in Hibbing, Minnesota, Thompson (English, Pennsylvania State U.), who has written for Rolling Stone and Village Voice, tells Dylan's story and his own concurrently in tracing Dylan's roots. Fans will relish this edition that includes
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We've been waitin', Toby ....
15 Jun 2008
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Toby Thompson is truly an Odd Fellow: admitting in this updated, refurbished University of Minnesota Press edition that he first went to Hibbing, MN as a desperate means of "breaking through" in the journalistic market.
I would say that takes a lot of nerve but no doubt he admits so because he, like the rest of us before him, has seen that his work far transcends such a naughty, simple conspiracy and the fact that he was able to sit down and interview Bob Dylan's mother in Hibbing at a time when the Zimmerman family still had a viable presence on the Range is nothing short of dreamy, not to mention the quality of the relationship he forged with Echo Helstrom.
The book's new preface as well as the recent, upbeat, revealing interview with this great author make this purchase a MUST for fans of Dylan, even those who cherish the first edition from the Stoned Age.
Three Cheers for Mr. Thompson.
I would say that takes a lot of nerve but no doubt he admits so because he, like the rest of us before him, has seen that his work far transcends such a naughty, simple conspiracy and the fact that he was able to sit down and interview Bob Dylan's mother in Hibbing at a time when the Zimmerman family still had a viable presence on the Range is nothing short of dreamy, not to mention the quality of the relationship he forged with Echo Helstrom.
The book's new preface as well as the recent, upbeat, revealing interview with this great author make this purchase a MUST for fans of Dylan, even those who cherish the first edition from the Stoned Age.
Three Cheers for Mr. Thompson.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
"Bobby Z Growing Up"
8 July 2008
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Superb, intersting account of growing up as Bobby Zimmerman, before becoming Bob "Die-lan". "Die-Lan" is the way Minnesotans pronounce Dylan. (The same way that I pronounced it 40 years ago.)
Great interview with Echo Helstrom "The Girl from the North Country". (Thompson doesn't bring up the thought that others think that "The Girl..." is actually Bonnie Beecher.) But from Thompson's accounts I think Echo would be someone very easy to fall in love with. I find it interesting that even after Dylan "Made it" Beatty Zimmerman (Bob's Mother) was still working in Hibbing. This is a recommended read that is as inyteresting as the John Sandford novels are about Minnesota.
Great interview with Echo Helstrom "The Girl from the North Country". (Thompson doesn't bring up the thought that others think that "The Girl..." is actually Bonnie Beecher.) But from Thompson's accounts I think Echo would be someone very easy to fall in love with. I find it interesting that even after Dylan "Made it" Beatty Zimmerman (Bob's Mother) was still working in Hibbing. This is a recommended read that is as inyteresting as the John Sandford novels are about Minnesota.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Tells of Toby Thompson's travels to learn more about Bobby Zimmerman, the man behind the legend
14 Aug 2008
Format:Paperback
Bob Dylan is one of the most creative songwriters of the twentieth century. "Positively Main Street: Bob Dylan's Minnesota" tells of Toby Thompson's travels to learn more about Bobby Zimmerman, the man behind the legend. Thompson talks with the people who knew Zimmerman as a boy to further understand the mind behind the music. With interviews conducted by the author and never before released photographs, "Positively Main Street" is a must for any Dylan fan.
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