Imagine you're the world's biggest Beatles fan and you've just snuck into John Lennon's hotel room. But instead of being thrown out, inexplicably you're invited to spend the day with your idol. That's exactly what happened to fourteen-year-old Jerry Levitan in 1969.

After hearing John was in Toronto for a "bed in," Jerry tracked him down at the King Edward Hotel and convinced the world's biggest rock star to sit down for an exclusive forty-minute interview. John talked candidly about war, politics, the scandalous Two Virgins album, and the supposed subliminal messages in his music.

Now, forty years later, it's all here: Jerry's once-in-a-lifetime adventure, illustrated by acclaimed artist James Braithwaite and featuring never before seen photographs of John and Yoko. Also included in the book is Jerry's memorabilia from that day--notes from John and Yoko, the secret code to contact him, drawings, John's doodles, and much more.

Complete with an audio and video DVD of the interview that inspired the Academy Award-nominated film of the same name, I Met the Walrus is an immortalized one-on-one moment with John--a must-have for Lennon fans around the world, as well as anyone who has ever dreamed of meeting a hero.

"Jerry Levitan was 14 years old when he sneaked into John and Yoko's hotel room to interview them. They welcomed him and allowed him to conduct the interview. Forty years later, Jerry wrote a book about the experience."

Browse Inside: I Met the Walrus: How One Day with John Lennon Changed My Life Forever

Hardcover: 168 pages
Author: Jerry Levitan
Publisher: Collins Design; 1 Har/DVD edition (May 12, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0061713260
ISBN-13: 978-0061713262

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jerry Levitan is a musician, actor, filmmaker, writer, and lawyer living in Toronto. Under the persona Sir Jerry (www.sir-jerry.com), he has been described as "one of Canada's most innovative children's performers" and has produced two critically acclaimed children's albums, Bees, Butterflies & Bugs and Sir Jerry's World.

As a litigation lawyer, he has set precedents in the fields of constitutional, human rights, and administrative law. And as an actor, he has appeared in film and television including an appearance on The West Wing.

He produced and starred in the 2008 Academy Award-nominated film I Met The Walrus, winning acclaim and festival awards from around the world.

I Met Walrus

In 1969, a 14-year-old Beatle fanatic named Jerry Levitan snuck into John Lennon's hotel room in Toronto and convinced him to do an interview.

38 years later, Levitan, director Josh Raskin and illustrator James Braithwaite have collaborated to create an animated short film using the original interview recording as the soundtrack.

A spellbinding vessel for Lennon's boundless wit and timeless message, I Met the Walrus was nominated for the 2008 Academy Award for Animated Short.

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