Joni Mitchell and Bob Dylan are both songwriting greats, who have a lot in common, but a lot of differences too, with her hating peforming live with him.

Joni Mitchell once said that this Beatles album sounded like "they had discovered Bob Dylan," and she's not the only one who thinks so.

Over the years, more than a dozen authors have written books about the life and music of Joni Mitchell. Yet, no one before Henry Alford thought to begin their tale with a story as tellingly arcane ...