Neil Young, Waging Heavy Peace: A Hippie’s Dream, New York, Penguin Group, Blue Rider Press, 2012, 512 pages

Although he claimed that he would never write an autobiography, Neil Young’s memoirs Waging Heavy Peace: A Hippie Dream were published in November 2012. The book has been tremendously well received: it was described by The New Orleans Times-Picayune as a “satisfying read for the true fan,” and by countercultural website dangerousminds.net as being “like an eagle soaring through time.” This work is Young’s first book, and was written when he was 65, at a time when he felt a musical dry spell a...