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Peter Ames Carlin

Peter Ames Carlin
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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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Q. What is your motto or maxim?
A. "Take it easy, but take it" -- Woody Guthrie
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My life in 8 words: "Hectic, fun and confusing. And yet well-intentioned. Mostly."
October 19, 2012
BRUCE will hit its official on-sale date on October 30, which means you can snap up, say, 100 copies and drop them into the...
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September 19, 2012
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Bruce will be released on June 01, 2013 in Mass Market Paperback
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Chapter 1 from Bruce
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Chapter 1 from Bruce
Dec 23, 2012
Bruce will be released on October 30, 2012 in Hardcover, Trade Paperback, eBook
Oct 30, 2012
Bruce is now available in Hardcover, Trade Paperback, eBook
Oct 30, 2012
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Peter Ames Carlin Revealed

Q. What is your motto or maxim? A. "Take it easy, but take it" -- Woody Guthrie 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. 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. What 3 personal qualities are most important to you? A. Depends. Surprise me. Q. What is your favorite occupation, when you’re not writing? A. Kicking myself for procrastinating from writing. Learn more about Peter Ames Carlin

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Individual.com, 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...
PublishersWeekly.com, March 18, 2013
...Speak. Joyce Meyer. Faith Words (150,748) Good to Great. Jim Collins. HarperBusiness (150,000) 130,000+ Bruce. Peter Ames Carlin. Touchstone (143,480) Grace. Max Lucado. Thomas Nelson (141,417) Who I Am. Pete Townshend. Harper (140,000) Presidents...
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...
Justmeans, January 25, 2013
...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...
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...
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...