When Paul McCartney issued a press release in April 1970 announcing that the Beatles had broken up, no one could have predicted that McCartney himself would go on to have one of the most successful solo careers in music history. In this illustrated biography, Allan Kozinn and Adrian Sinclair chronicle McCartney's pivotal years from 1969 to 1973, a period when—newly married and with a growing family—he conquered depression; formed a new band, Wings; and recorded five albums, culminating in the triumphant Band on the Run.