Last Train to Memphis
The Rise of Elvis Presley
by Peter Guralnick
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Best Biographies, Most Recommended Books, and Music.
From the moment that he first shook up the world in the mid 1950s, Elvis Presley has been one of the most vivid and enduring myths of American culture.Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley is the first biography to go past that myth and present an Elvis beyond the legend. Based on hundreds of interviews and nearly a decade of research, i...
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