Peter Yarrow, of Peter, Paul, & Mary, will be signing copies of “Peter, Paul, & Mary” on his nationwide book signing tour this November!
BOOK SIGNING DETAILS
11/6/14 7:00 PM
Barnes & Noble
Ulster Avenue
Kingston, NY 12401
Phone:(845) 336-0590
11/12/14 7:30 PM
Skylight Books
North Vermont Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90027
Phone:(323) 660-1175
11/14/14 7:00 PM
BookPeople
North Lamar
Austin, TX 78703
Phone:(512) 472-5050
11/15/14 11:00 AM
Barnes & Noble
Veterans Blvd
Metarie, LA 70002
Phone:(504) 455-4929
11/22/14 7:00 PM
Barnes & Noble
Union Square
New York, NY 10003
Phone:(212) 253-0810
11/24/14 6:00 PM
Northshire Bookstore
Main Street
Manchester Center, VT 05255
Phone:(802) 362-2200
About the Author
Peter, Paul and Mary became famous for their ability to convey powerful personal and political messages through a repertoire of songs that resonated with millions of Americans in the 1960s. Their debut album, released in 1962, remained in the Top 10 for ten months, and the Top 20 for two years. Their first hit single, “Lemon Tree” was swiftly followed by “If I Had a Hammer” which became an anthem of the Civil Rights movement and was performed by the trio at the 1963 March on Washington where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his legendary “I Have a Dream” speech. Their classic song, “Puff, The Magic Dragon” has been a favorite of children for almost fifty years, and the book version was a number one bestseller. Over a span of more than fifty years, Peter, Paul and Mary touched the lives and hearts of tens of millions of people, won five Grammy Awards, produced thirteen Top 40 hits, and received eight gold and five platinum albums.
About the Book
Finally… here is the first and only book that visually tells us the intimate story of Peter, Paul, and Mary and their music, with stirring images that follow their passionate, fifty-year journey to the center of America’s heart. The very best of thousands of photographs, many rare and never before published, taken over five decades by some of the world’s top photographers, follow them from their earliest performances in the 1960s, when Mary was the most desired, beautiful, and charismatic performer and a new role model for women. Follow the trio as they lead America to discover the passionate sound of folk music. Join the struggle for racial equality, social justice, and freedom in this memorable journey, from the historic 1963 March on Washington with Martin Luther King, Jr., to the trio’s appearance before a half million people in 1969 to end the Vietnam War, to their singing at the Hollywood Bowl for Survival Sunday in 1978, helping to launch the antinuke movement, the world’s first international environmental movement.
Through these images, you can feel and almost hear the trio’s songs calling for a more caring, better world as you see them performing with a courage and conviction that became for so many the embodiment and sound track of their generation’s awakening to conscience, to activism, and to a new dream for all of humankind. Peter, Paul, and Mary’s songs of defiant hope and a certain unmasked innocence are still a pwerful part of our American consciousness, and this book reenacts the history of how the trio marked our lives with their indelible stamp of honesty of the sort we yearn to recapture and recreate in our own time–for ourselves, our children, and the generations to come.
