{"product_id":"positively-main-street-bob-dylans-minnesota-9780816654451","title":"Positively Main Street: Bob Dylan's Minnesota","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"That boy . . . this fellow, Toby . . . has got some lessons to learn.\" --Bob Dylan, \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e, November 29, 1969 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Toby Thompson was there first.\" --Greil Marcus \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A first-rate novelistic account of Thompson's own psyche as he uncovers the Dylan few people know . . . A new look at young Dylan done with kindness, enthusiasm and superb language.\" --William Kennedy, \u003ci\u003eLook Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Essential reading. Thompson, unprecedentedly, managed to interview not only Echo Helstrom, almost certainly the 'Girl of the North Country, ' but Dylan's mother and brother, his uncle, his friends.\" --Michael Gray, \u003ci\u003eBob Dylan Encyclopedia\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Dylan fans will not want to miss this book.\" --\u003ci\u003eSioux City\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Journal\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Enough to satisfy any Dylan fan with all the gossip he'll ever need.\" --\u003ci\u003eHuntsville\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Well worth the attention of anyone who has fallen under the spell of the boy from the North Country.\" --\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"It's a must.\" --Ft. Worth Press \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Thompson tracked down anybody who knew 'Die-lan' (as the Hibbingites called him), including the guy at the local music store, the guy at the motorcycle shop, his English and music teachers, his uncles, his brother David and even his reluctant but ultimately charmingly chatty mother. Of course, Thompson traveled into a few dead ends. But the stuff with Dylan's mom and his high school girlfriend, Echo Helstrom, is priceless. \u003ci\u003ePositively Main Street\u003c\/i\u003e is a free-wheelin', fun and quick read that is surprisingly informative.\" --\u003ci\u003eMinneapolis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Star Tribune\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Hundreds of books have been written about Minnesota's most famous songwriter; Bob Dylan's life and music has been analyzed by fans, scholars, and even himself. So, why do we need Toby Thompson's \u003ci\u003ePositively Main Street\u003c\/i\u003e: Bob Dylan's Minnesota? Because it's a forgotten milestone. Published in 1971, it was the first biography on Dylan. Although it's been out of print since 1977, the book is, with the exception of Dylan's autobiography, perhaps the most readable and necessary volume on the folk icon.\" --\u003ci\u003eCity Pages\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The new \u003ci\u003ePositively Main Street\u003c\/i\u003e is a lovely little book, even better than the original, a cherished addition to the Dylan bookshelf. Thompson and the University of Minnesota Press have enhanced what was already a classic and made it available to a whole new audience. Dylan fans owe them a debt of gratitude.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Dylan Daily\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[Thompson] ends up not only interviewing 'the Girl from the North Country, ' Echo Haelstrom, and 'Bob's' mother and brother and teachers etc., but also filling in for Dylan among his old friends and acquaintances, playing Dylan's songs on the guitar and harmonica and singing them, in a way that may have seemed stratingly revolutionary at the time for a journalist to do, he actually recreates a bit of Dylan's existence as his own.\" --Michael Lally, \u003ci\u003eLally's Alley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Minnesota Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780816654451\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.67lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.42h x 5.54w x 0.68d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2008 pg. 263\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Toby Thompson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52418725970101,"sku":"9780816654451","price":13.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_12d03591-f4de-4ef1-bde3-ed35935019ea.jpg?v=1775570311","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/positively-main-street-bob-dylans-minnesota-9780816654451","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}