I Met the Walrus_ How One Day With John Lennon Changed My Life Forever - Jerry Levitan [45]
My love Anisa Tejpar has seen me through such wildly wonderful and turbulent events, all in the last few years, which would have been so lonely and unbearable without her by my side. Bold, beautiful, and loving, what caring and engaged witnesses we have been to each other’s lives.
Yoko Ono is inseparable from the Beatles story. She was John’s loving wife, collaborator, and partner, and infused dramatically intelligent and courageous creativity into his pursuits. The peace campaign was as much her inspiration as it was his. She in so many ways and in so many things, as John said to me, was a visionary. The generosity of her spirit in my film and in this book has been a blessing to me.
The focus of my story is on one Beatle, but oh Lord, how I loved them all. Paul McCartney is fundamental to what has driven me all these years. Had he been at the King Edward, I most certainly would have wanted to find him. John without Paul and Paul without John would not have made the Beatles. I simply cannot imagine this world without what those four special souls gave us.
And John. After all these years, with all your accomplishments and the magnitude of your impact, look at how you affected just one fellow from Toronto. You surpassed my wildest expectations. I met my hero and he was better than I imagined. Thank you, eternally.
About the Author and Illustrator
JERRY LEVITAN is a musician, actor, filmmaker, writer, and lawyer living in Toronto. Under the persona Sir Jerry (www.sir-jerry.com), he has been described as “one of Canada’s most innovative children’s performers” and has produced two critically acclaimed children’s albums, Bees, Butterflies & Bugs and Sir Jerry’s World. As a litigation lawyer, he has set precedents in the fields of constitutional, human rights, and administrative law. And as an actor, he has appeared in film and television including an appearance on The West Wing. He produced and starred in the 2007 Academy Award–nominated film I Met The Walrus, winning acclaim and festival awards from around the world.
JAMES BRAITHWAITE is an illustrator and animator based out of Montreal, Canada. After studying at Concordia University, James immediately forgot everything he learned and began working on the deadly arts of drawing and animation. Since then, his work has been featured in numerous magazines and newspapers, including Dose, Warrior Magazine, Maisonneuve, and thefanzine.com. In collaboration with Josh Raskin and Alex Kurina, James illustrated the Academy Award–nominated short animation I Met The Walrus. His cutting edge art can be seen on his website, www.thebathwater.com.
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Illustrations by James Braithwaite
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A rare photo of John and Yoko taken by a Toronto Star photographer the day I met them. Jeff Goode/Toronto Star.
I MET THE WALRUS. Copyright © 2009 by Jerry Levitan. Illustrations copyright © 2009 by James Braithwaite. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
Adobe Digital Edition April 2009 ISBN 978-0-06-187591-5
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