Elvis Presley : a southern life

Williamson, Joel. (Author). Shaw, Donald Lewis, (author.). Ownby, Ted, (writer of foreword.).

Summary: In Elvis Presley: A Southern Life, one of the most admired Southern historians of our time takes on one of the greatest cultural icons of all time. The result is a masterpiece: a vivid, gripping biography, set against the rich backdrop of Southern society--indeed, American society--in the second half of the twentieth century.

Record details

ISBN: 9780199863174
ISBN: 0199863172
Physical Description: print
xxiii, 368 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2015]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	The death of Elvis -- pt. I. The bubble. The dream -- Killers of the dream -- pt. II. Why Elvis? Vernon and Gladys -- East Tupelo and Tupelo -- Memphis -- Dixie Locke and Sam Phillips -- A girl in the bed -- pt. III. Comeback and die. The comeback special -- Girls and guns -- pt. IV. The fall. The bodyguard book -- Saved -- The meditation garden.