Arrowsmith
Publisher: Signet Classics
Published: October 1, 1961
ISBN-13: 9780451516718
First sentence: THE driver of the wagon swaying through forest and swamp of the Ohio wilderness was a ragged girl of fourteen.
Description: The origins of Arrowsmith can be traced to the late 1960s in Sunapee, New Hampshire. Steven Tyler was a drummer and vocalist originally from Yonkers, New York, who had been in a series of relatively unsuccessful bands such as The Vic Tallarico Orchestra, The Strangeurs/Chain Reaction, The Chain, Fox Chase, and William Proud. In 1969, while vacationing in Sunapee, he met Joe Perry, who was at the time washing dishes at the Anchorage in Sunapee Harbor, and playing in a band called the Jam Band with bassist Tom Hamilton and drummer David "Pudge" Scott. This meeting would eventually lead to the formation of Arrowsmith