Larry Kane, the author of Lennon Revealed, toured with the Beatles in their early days and knew John Lennon until the day he died. Kane had an Emmy Award-winning career and is the only American journalist to travel with the Beatles during their tour of North America in 1964 and 1965. He interviewed many of John's closest friends and relatives to incorporate a variety of points of view. This biography is a bestseller because it provides first-hand accounts that really show the reader who John Lennon was. People like to read books they can relate to. I think anyone who reads this book will discover a side of John Lennon that they see in themselves. John Lennon, like all human beings, began by searching for a purpose in his life. He found purpose through freedom of expression and music. His story begins in Liverpool, England.John Winston Lennon was born on October 9, 1940 in Liverpool, England. John briefly lived with his biological parents and spent most of his childhood with his aunt and uncle. His aunt and uncle treated him with sincere love, but his parents' absence would leave a huge wound in Lennon's upbringing. John was an intelligent person, but most of the time he used it to cause chaos in the establishment. He received his first guitar at the age of sixteen. He attended Liverpool Arts School and it was there that he was introduced to his first real friend, Stuart. John was a musician at the time and Stuart was an up and coming artist. John gained valuable information from Stuart and was deeply influenced by his surrealist paintings. It was then that John realized he could express his emotions through music. John's musical career began when his band met and sang with Paul McCartney in a church in 1957. Paul joined soon after, as did his friend George Harrison. The group everyone recognizes today as The Beatles was formed in 1962 with the final addition of Richard “Ringo” Starkey. John's first marriage was to Cynthia Powell in 1963 and soon after the couple had a son, Julian. He later admitted to the author that he felt obligated to marry Cynthia because he had gotten her pregnant..