Elvis Presley / Bobbie Ann Mason.

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".