Full name: My House of Memories: An Autobiography

Author: Merle Haggard Year: 1999 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Music, Biographies Purchase/reserch links: Amazon Goodreads LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780062023216 0062023217

In this riveting personal story, award-winning,bestselling country musicrecording artist Merle Haggard takesyou on a tour through his house ofmemories, offering a fascinating lookinside his turbulent yet successful life.Merle reveals the true stories about hisbirth and troubled upbringing in a convertedrailroad boxcar. He recalls the lossof his father when he was nine, after whichhis childhood disobedience transformedinto full-blown delinquency that eventuallylanded him behind the cold walls ofSan Quentin. He gives tribute to hismother and relives the painful memoryof her death. He shares the lessons helearned from a life shaped by violence,gambling, and drugs, never shying awayfrom the fact that he continues to pay fordecades of reckless living. And he talksabout the music he loves--how, ultimately,it has defined the man he is. Similar books: Sweet Jones by Julia Beverly Springsteen by Ryan White I'm the Man by Scott Ian Come As You Are by Michael Azerrad Rolling with the Stones by Bill Wyman Sessions with Sinatra by Charles L. Granata Cobain Unseen by Charles R. Cross Sibelius by Glenda Dawn Goss Duke by Terry Teachout Tainted Life by Marc Almond Dazzling Stranger by Colin Harper Lonely Avenue by Alex Halberstadt In Search of the Pleasure Palace by Marc Almond Mstislav Rostropovich by Elizabeth Wilson Mendelssohn by R. Larry Todd Footprints by Michelle Mercer The Gershwins and Me by Michael Feinstein Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart by Piero Melograni Groovin' High by Alyn Shipton On Some Faraway Beach by David Sheppard