Jann S. Wenner (Author of Gonzo)

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Jann S. Wenner

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January 07, 1946

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Jann Simon Wenner is the co-founder and publisher of the music and politics bi-weekly Rolling Stone, as well as the owner of Men's Journal and Us Weekly magazines.
Wenner grew up in a secular Jewish family. His parents divorced in 1958, and he and his sisters, Kate and Merlyn, were sent to boarding schools to live. He graduated from high school at Chadwick School in 1963 and went on to attend the University of California at Berkeley. Before dropping out of Berkeley in 1966, Wenner was active in the Free Speech Movement and produced the column "Something's Happening" in the student-run newspaper, The Daily Californian. With the help of his mentor, San Francisco Chronicle jazz critic Ralph J. Gleason, Wenner landed a job at Ramparts, a high-ci ...more

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	Gonzo: The Life of Hunter S. Thompson 4.10 avg rating — 12,397 ratings — published 2007 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Like a Rolling Stone 3.83 avg rating — 2,462 ratings — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lennon Remembers: The Full Rolling Stone Interviews from 1970 by Jann S. Wenner, Yoko Ono (Foreword), John Lennon (Contributor) 4.13 avg rating — 2,267 ratings — published 1971 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Masters: Conversations with Dylan, Lennon, Jagger, Townshend, Garcia, Bono, and Springsteen 3.29 avg rating — 180 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	20 Years of Rolling Stone: What a Long, Strange Trip It's Been 3.80 avg rating — 112 ratings — published 1987 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rolling Stone 50 Years of Covers: A History of the Most Influential Magazine in Pop Culture 4.44 avg rating — 48 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	George Harrison. by Jann S. Wenner, Jason Fine 4.08 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 2002	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lennon Remembers by Jann S. Wenner, Jann S. Wenner, John Lennon really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 1973 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	ROLLING STONE GRATEFUL DEAD Special Collectors 4.37 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rolling Stone. Le grandi interviste by Jann S. Wenner, Joe Levy, Carlo Antonelli (Introduzione) 3.70 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2007	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Now all of a sudden, I was on the streets of Berkeley, in a world of radicals, Hell鈥檚 Angels, harmonica queens, drug dealers, and dope kings.”
― Jann S. Wenner, Like a Rolling Stone: A Memoir

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“I had asked Hunter once, when he was in a rare calm mood, 'Do you know when you're about to change? Are you aware of it?' Hunter said, 'Sandy, do you know what it's like? I'm just standing here, and I have a sense that something is about to happen. And then I start to turn my head, and it's here. The monster's here.”
― Jann S. Wenner, Gonzo: The Life of Hunter S. Thompson

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“IN 1987, I went to Moscow with Yoko. Mikhail Gorbachev assembled a three-day international summit about nuclear disarmament and invited dignitaries from around the world.”
― Jann S. Wenner, Like a Rolling Stone: A Memoir

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