Reflections on The Beatles in America
There has never been an era in American history when the youth culture was more influential than that turbulent, exciting, idealistic, hedonistic time known as “The Sixties.” Young people provided the impetus for the civil rights and anti-war movements, the sexual revolution, the recreational drug culture, and more.
Music was the Internet of the 1960s, and the Beatles provided the soundtrack. They wrote it themselves, performed it in their own unique way, and evolved under the brightest spotlight that ever shone on performing artists. They were four remarkably gifted young men who blended their talents into something extraordinary that changed music and the world. They were a celebration of life.
“Reflections on the Beatles in America” by Thomas Hauser captures it all.
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About the Author
Thomas Hauser was born in New York and attended both college (1967) and law school (1970) at Columbia. After graduating from law school, he clerked for a federal judge until November 1971, when he started work as a litigator for the Wall Street law firm of Cravath Swaine & Moore.
In 1977, Hauser began to write. Since then, he has authored forty-eight books on subjects ranging from professional boxing to Beethoven. His first book — Missing — was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, Bancroft Prize, and National Book Award, and served as the basis for the Academy-Award-winning film starring Jack Lemmon and Sissy Spacek. The Beethoven Conspiracy — Hauser’s thriller about the search for a lost Beethoven symphony — won the prestigious Prix Lafayette, awarded biannually in France to the outstanding book by an American. Subsequently, Hauser co-authored Final Warning: The Legacy of Chernobyl, again demonstrating his ability to explain and bring to life events of complexity and importance; an ability which has secured his reputation as a responsible and reliable social critic. The film version of Final Warning starred Jon Voight and Jason Robards.
Hauser’s most celebrated work to date is Muhammad Ali: His Life And Times — the definitive biography of the most famous man on earth. Like Missing, the Ali book was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. The British edition was honored with the William Hill Book of the Year Award in England. Subsequently, Ali and Hauser co-authored HEALING: A Journal of Tolerance And Understanding and criss-crossed the country, meeting with student audiences on their subject. For their efforts to combat bigotry and prejudice, they were named as co-recipients of the 1998 Haviva Reik Award.In recent years, much of Hauser’s writing has focused on the sport and business of professional boxing. His award-winning investigative articles and his testimony before the United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation were hailed within the boxing industry as a significant force for change. In 2004, Hauser was honored by the Boxing Writers Association of America, which bestowed upon him the Nat Fleischer Award for Career Excellence in Boxing Journalism. Since 2012, he has been a consultant to HBO Sports.
Hauser’s books are read worldwide in eighteen languages. He has written articles for The New Yorker, The New York Times, and numerous other publications and was retained by the Encyclopedia Britannica to author its entries on Muhammad Ali and Arnold Palmer. He lives in Manhattan.
In 1977, Hauser began to write. Since then, he has authored forty-eight books on subjects ranging from professional boxing to Beethoven. His first book — Missing — was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, Bancroft Prize, and National Book Award, and served as the basis for the Academy-Award-winning film starring Jack Lemmon and Sissy Spacek. The Beethoven Conspiracy — Hauser’s thriller about the search for a lost Beethoven symphony — won the prestigious Prix Lafayette, awarded biannually in France to the outstanding book by an American. Subsequently, Hauser co-authored Final Warning: The Legacy of Chernobyl, again demonstrating his ability to explain and bring to life events of complexity and importance; an ability which has secured his reputation as a responsible and reliable social critic. The film version of Final Warning starred Jon Voight and Jason Robards.
Hauser’s most celebrated work to date is Muhammad Ali: His Life And Times — the definitive biography of the most famous man on earth. Like Missing, the Ali book was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. The British edition was honored with the William Hill Book of the Year Award in England. Subsequently, Ali and Hauser co-authored HEALING: A Journal of Tolerance And Understanding and criss-crossed the country, meeting with student audiences on their subject. For their efforts to combat bigotry and prejudice, they were named as co-recipients of the 1998 Haviva Reik Award.In recent years, much of Hauser’s writing has focused on the sport and business of professional boxing. His award-winning investigative articles and his testimony before the United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation were hailed within the boxing industry as a significant force for change. In 2004, Hauser was honored by the Boxing Writers Association of America, which bestowed upon him the Nat Fleischer Award for Career Excellence in Boxing Journalism. Since 2012, he has been a consultant to HBO Sports.
Hauser’s books are read worldwide in eighteen languages. He has written articles for The New Yorker, The New York Times, and numerous other publications and was retained by the Encyclopedia Britannica to author its entries on Muhammad Ali and Arnold Palmer. He lives in Manhattan.
