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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Financial Times: Best Books of 2025
"We made what seemed like an impossible dream come true." --Paul McCartney
Brief description: Ted Widmer is a historian, writer, librarian, and musician who writes about American history in The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Washington Post, and other venues. He has taught at Harvard, Brown, and Washington College. In 2022 he was awarded a prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship.
Review Quotes: What is there left to know about Paul McCartney in 2025? Actually, quite a bit. . . .There is still much to be excavated from what is the most examined life in pop music history, especially when it comes from the horse's mouth. . . . Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run is a smooth, frictionless ride across the arc of McCartney's '70s career, when he continued to mint more hits, and secured a lock on a massive career that is presently in its 55th year.--Marc Weingarten "Los Angeles Times"