Last Train to Memphis

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$14.95 FPT
BIOGRAPHY/MUSIC $19.95 in Canada
"Elvis steps from the pages, you can feel him breathe, this book cancels out all others." — Bob Dylan
Last Train to Memptiis was hailed on publication as the definitive biography of Elvis Presley. Peter Guralnick's acclaimed book is the first to set aside the myths and focus on Elvis' humanity, as it traces Elvis' early years, from humble beginnings to unprecedented success. At the heart of the story is Elvis himself, a poor boy of great ambition and fiery musical passions, who connected with his audience and the age in a way that has yet to be duplicated.
The book also brings to life the world Elvis arrived in, America in the fifties, and the people who, together with Elvis, would change that world forever. The first part of a two-volume biography, Last Train to Memphis traces the first twenty-three years of Elvis' life, ending somberly in 1958 with his induction into the army and the death of his mother, Gladys. Drawing frequently... Tovább

Fülszöveg

$14.95 FPT
BIOGRAPHY/MUSIC $19.95 in Canada
"Elvis steps from the pages, you can feel him breathe, this book cancels out all others." — Bob Dylan
Last Train to Memptiis was hailed on publication as the definitive biography of Elvis Presley. Peter Guralnick's acclaimed book is the first to set aside the myths and focus on Elvis' humanity, as it traces Elvis' early years, from humble beginnings to unprecedented success. At the heart of the story is Elvis himself, a poor boy of great ambition and fiery musical passions, who connected with his audience and the age in a way that has yet to be duplicated.
The book also brings to life the world Elvis arrived in, America in the fifties, and the people who, together with Elvis, would change that world forever. The first part of a two-volume biography, Last Train to Memphis traces the first twenty-three years of Elvis' life, ending somberly in 1958 with his induction into the army and the death of his mother, Gladys. Drawing frequently on Elvis' own words and on the intimate reflections of those who knew him, this is biography at its best and a classic in the chronicling of our culture.
"Even the minor revelations are positively spellbinding. Mr. Guralnick's narrative is rendered with an intimate, restrained intensity eerily reminiscent of the plaintive tone of Presley's ballads, that tremulous yearning of America itself. . . . Profound and moving a triumph of biographical art."
— Aieiv York Times Book Review
"Supple and altogether splendid It is the particular and spectacular achievement of Last Train to Memphis that it holds both the making of the history and the beginning of the myth in firm, simple and compassionate focus. Guralnick writes evocatively, empathetically [He] paints this world with perspective, respect and great decency; it is one of the book's triumphs."
— Time
A New York Times Notable Book of the Year Winner of the Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Award
Peter Guralnick has written extensively about American music and musicians. His books include Feel Like Going Home, Sweet Soul Music, Lost Highway, Searching for Robert Johnson, and the novel Nighthawk Blues. He is presently at work on the second part of his two-volume Elvis Presley biography. Vissza