Elvis Presley /
Mason, Bobbie Ann.
Elvis Presley / Bobbie Ann Mason. - New York : Viking, 2003 - x, 178 p. 20 cm.
A Lipper/Viking book.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-178)
Marvel -- Tupelo -- Sun sessions -- Creating Elvis --Colonel -- Bigtime -- Audubon Drive -- June in July -- Twister -- Gladys -- Germany -- Lonely teenager -- Beatles -- Hollyweird -- Quest -- Flying Circle G -- "The comeback special" -- Las Vegas -- Captain Marvel goes to Washington -- Lost -- End of lonely street.
When Bobbie Ann Mason first heard Elvis Presley on the family radio, she recognized him as "one of us . . . a country person who spoke our language"--Southern, working class, a little wild. In Elvis Presley , the bestselling author of the two modern American classics Shiloh and Other Stories and In Country captures all the vibrancy and tragedy of this mythic figure. With heartfelt intimacy and a novelist's insight, Mason charts the intoxicating life of the first rock-and-roll superstar, whose music shattered barriers and changed the sound of America. Elvis the impassioned singer and charismatic youth embraced the celebrity brought him by a host of top-forty hits and movies. But Elvis the small-town boy and devoted son was in no way prepared for being catapulted into an unimagined stratosphere. This is the riveting story of an unforgettable man and his indelible legacy."www.shelfari.com".
670031747
Rock musicians--United States
ML 420.P96 / .M381 2003
Elvis Presley / Bobbie Ann Mason. - New York : Viking, 2003 - x, 178 p. 20 cm.
A Lipper/Viking book.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-178)
Marvel -- Tupelo -- Sun sessions -- Creating Elvis --Colonel -- Bigtime -- Audubon Drive -- June in July -- Twister -- Gladys -- Germany -- Lonely teenager -- Beatles -- Hollyweird -- Quest -- Flying Circle G -- "The comeback special" -- Las Vegas -- Captain Marvel goes to Washington -- Lost -- End of lonely street.
When Bobbie Ann Mason first heard Elvis Presley on the family radio, she recognized him as "one of us . . . a country person who spoke our language"--Southern, working class, a little wild. In Elvis Presley , the bestselling author of the two modern American classics Shiloh and Other Stories and In Country captures all the vibrancy and tragedy of this mythic figure. With heartfelt intimacy and a novelist's insight, Mason charts the intoxicating life of the first rock-and-roll superstar, whose music shattered barriers and changed the sound of America. Elvis the impassioned singer and charismatic youth embraced the celebrity brought him by a host of top-forty hits and movies. But Elvis the small-town boy and devoted son was in no way prepared for being catapulted into an unimagined stratosphere. This is the riveting story of an unforgettable man and his indelible legacy."www.shelfari.com".
670031747
Rock musicians--United States
ML 420.P96 / .M381 2003
