This new edition of Howard Sounes" classic and definitive biography of Bob Dylan now offers a new chapter that brings Dylan"s story fully up to date for his seventieth birthday. First published to international critical acclaim in 2001, it gives a complete picture of the man as well as of the artist and performer. Based on in-depth original research,including hundreds of interviews with Dylan"s closest associates, Down the Highway now also contains a fresh section covering the artist"s most recent projects. A compelling, engagingly fast-paced and revelatory life, it takes the reader on a journey from Dylan"s childhood in a Minnesota mining town to the status he enjoys today as the leading poet-troubadour of popular song, and one of the most iconic figures of contemporary culture.