Postcards From The Boys

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postcards of history

Postcards from the Boys

Beatles

satisfying insights into informal relationships between the other beatles and ringo

At least the cover looked nice!

Postcards From The Boys

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Whenever John, Paul, or George went on a trip, they would send Ringo a postcard. Now, for the first time, Ringo Starr is opening his private archive to share this delightful and very intimate correspondence. Whether it's John advising Ringo to record a "great & simple" song like Blondie's Heart of Glass, Paul and Jane Asher dropping a note from Rishikesh to report on their meditation lessons with the Maharishi, or George writing from the Great Barrier Reef to confirm plans for Christmas dinner, each postcard is a warm and personal snapshot of life in (and after) The Beatles. The 51 postcards -- many of which are covered in whimsical drawings -- are colorfully reproduced, both front and back. Ringo's droll commentary fills in the blanks, though he does confess that at times he had to consult the Internet for details! Often funny, occasionally bittersweet, and always revealing, Postcards from the Boys is a must for Beatles lovers.

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postcards of history.......2007-09-15

this book is a plesent suprise each page contains an postcard sent to ringo by one or more of the beatles.along with each card comes a comentary on the card such as time,place,background.this is a whole different way to see the beatles back in the past.a history lesson if you will.

Postcards from the Boys.......2007-05-09

Wonderful book! Every Beatles fan should own this one. It's a gem.

Beatles.......2007-01-10

If you loved the Beatles and still do you will enjoy this book by Ringo. Easy to read and have in a your collection of memorabilia.

satisfying insights into informal relationships between the other beatles and ringo .......2006-07-17

This is a valuable piece of Beatle literature that provided me with some really nice new nuggets of information and understanding, and I feel grateful to Ringo for sharing not only the postcards, but his observations on them. Even the choice of pictures on the cards tells you things about the characters of George, John and Paul.
In all, a real contribution for Beatle nuts who hunger for a little more sense of what the guys are/were "really like."

At least the cover looked nice!.......2006-07-10

I wasn't that happy with the book. Seeing the personal post cards the Beatles sent to each other over the years seemed like a good concept. I guess it looked better on paper than reality. For one thing, there aren't many postcards.Two: They are just the average postcards anybody gets when someone travels, except more boring. Nothing more than "having fun, see you soon". That's about the whole lot of them. Each postcard has a one or two line Ringo quip about it. Sometimes they're interesting, mostly not. The only good thing about it is the fact that it was only $10.00 and some or all of the profits go to charity. Even a die hard Beatle fan won't find much to love about this book.

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Amusing and insightful........1999-09-22

Bretzius' book is entertaining and insightful on Shakespeare's work and on the dynamics of Shakespearean criticism. The section on the Beatles and Shakespeare rejuvenated my interest in both. The book's overall vision of the contemporary academy as state-driven theater seems timely and (not politically) correct. I give it a fab four stars and would throw in another for more on the Beatles and the Bard. Highly recommended. --M. Oliver, Orlando.

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