Who Is That Man?: In Search of the Real Bob Dylan

Few American artists are as important, beloved and endlessly examined as Bob Dylan, yet he remains something of an enigma.This kaleidoscopic biography, full of the voices of Dylan's family, friends, and fellow travelers through the 60s, offers an entirely fresh narrative perspective, fusing rock star bio with an examination of the music and the zeitgeist that he so mysteriously captured. For almost half a century, Bob Dylan has been a primary catalyst in rock's shifting sensibilities.He has starred in and been the subject of major films; his work is taught in over 200 college courses; and few American artists are as important, beloved, and endlessly examined as he is.Yet, he remains something of an enigma. Who, we ask, is the "real" Bob Dylan? Is he Bobby Zimmerman yearning to escape Hibbing, Minnesota, or the Woody Guthrie wannabe spending the 1960s playing Greenwich Village haunts?The protest poet, the Factory fixture, or the born-again Christian denying the powers of prophecy everyo