BEACH BOYS Nearest Faraway Place Book Timothy White H/C UK Both the social history of an era and a portrait of the band, the Beach Boys, this book tells how the grandmother of future Beach Boy Brian Wilson, headed for Califonia in 1922. Intertwined with the personal stories of the band themselves is the story of the Los Angeles basin. The Nearest Faraway Place: Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys and the Southern California Experience (Timothy White). "The best book so far on the Beach Boys: White not only illuminates their achievements, he takes the pulse of the American Dream as it applied in the crucial postwar years. Oh, that all rock books aspired to the scope, depth, and sheer vision of this masterly overview of the whole West Coast milieu/ethos. --Q" SHIPS PROTECTED! - NOT IN A PLASTIC BAG LIKE OTHER SELLERS, WHO ARE JUST ASKING FOR THE BOOK TO BE DESTROYED BY THE USPS. Track Page Views With Auctiva's FREE Counter