BoB Marley  Recent Titles in Greenwood Biographies Arnold Schwarzenegger: A Bography Louise Krasniewicz and Michael Blitz Blle Holday: A Bography Meg Greene Elvs Presley: A Bography Kathleen Tracy Shaqulle O’Neal: A Bography Murry R. Nelson Dr. Dre: A Bography John Borgmeyer Bonne and Clyde: A Bography Nate Hendley Martha Stewart: A Bography Joann F. Price Mchael Jordan: A Bography David L. Porter Alex Rodrquez: A Bography Wayne Stewart Steven Spelberg: A Bography Kathi Jackson Madonna: A Bography Mary Cross Jacke Robnson: A Bography Mary Kay Linge  BoB Marley a Biography David V. Moskowitz greenwood biographies GreenwooD Press westPort, connecticut • lonDon  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Moskowtz, Davd V. (Davd Vlado), 1969 – Bob Marley : a bography / Davd V. Moskowtz. p. cm. — (Greenwood bographes, ISSN 1540-4900) Dscography: p. Includes bblographcal references and ndex. ISBN-13: 978–0–313–33879–3 (alk. paper) ISBN-10: 0–313–33879–5 (alk. paper) 1. Marley, Bob. 2. Reggae muscans —Jamaca—Bography. I. Ttle. ML420.M3313M66 2007 782.421646092—dc22 [B] 2007018313 Brtsh Lbrary Catalogung n Publcaton Data s avalable. Copyrght © 2007 by Davd V. Moskowtz All rghts reserved. No porton of ths book may be reproduced, by any process or technque, wthout the express wrtten consent of the publsher. Lbrary of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2007018313 ISBN-13: 978 –0–313–33879–3 ISBN-10: 0–313–33879–5 ISSN: 1540–4900 Frst publshed n 2007 Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881 An mprnt of Greenwood Publshng Group, Inc. www.greenwood.com Prnted n the Unted States of Amerca The paper used n ths book comples wth the Permanent Paper Standard ssued by the Natonal Informaton Standards Organzaton (Z39.48–1984). 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 v For Jack, welcome to the world v v Contents Series Foreword x Acknowledgments x Timeline: Events in the Life of Bob Marley x Chapter 1 Country Boy to Ghetto Youth 1 Chapter 2 Out of the Ghetto, nto the Lmelght 11 Chapter 3 From Top of the Rock to Top of the World 29 Chapter 4 Reggae Internatonal 51 Chapter 5 Home to Mount Zon 67 Chapter 6 The Legacy and the Legend 77 Chapter 7 The Marley Famly 85 Selected Discography 103 Bibliography 113 Index 119 Photo essay follows page 66 v v series Foreword In response to hgh school and publc lbrary needs, Greenwood devel- oped ths dstngushed seres of full-length bographes specfcally for student use. Prepared by feld experts and professonals, these engagng bographes are talored for hgh school students who need challengng yet accessble bographes. Ideal for secondary school assgnments, the length, format and subject areas are desgned to meet educators’ requre- ments and students’ nterests. Greenwood offers an extensve selecton of bographes spannng all currculum related subject areas ncludng socal studes, the sc- ences, lterature and the arts, hstory and poltcs, as well as popular culture, coverng publc fgures and famous personaltes from all tme perods and backgrounds, both hstorc and contemporary, who have made an mpact on Amercan and/or world culture. Greenwood b- ographes were chosen based on comprehensve feedback from l- brarans and educators. Consderaton was gven to both currculum relevance and nherent nterest. The result s an ntrgung mx of the well known and the unexpected, the sants and snners from long-ago hstory and contemporary pop culture. Readers wll fnd a wde array of subject choces from fascnatng crme fgures lke Al Capone to nspr- ng poneers lke Margaret Mead, from the greatest mnds of our tme lke Stephen Hawkng to the most amazng success stores of our day lke J. K. Rowlng. Whle the emphass s on fact, not glorfcaton, the books are meant to be fun to read. Each volume provdes n-depth nformaton about the subject’s lfe from brth through chldhood, the teen years, and adulthood. x