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Elvis Presley

A Life

A Life

By Bobbie Ann Mason

By Bobbie Ann Mason

By Bobbie Ann Mason

By Bobbie Ann Mason

By Bobbie Ann Mason
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By Bobbie Ann Mason
Read by Karen White

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Paperback $15.00

Jul 31, 2007 | ISBN 9780143038894

Ebook $11.99

Jul 31, 2007 | ISBN 9781101201381

Audiobook Download $15.00

Sep 06, 2002 | 357 Minutes

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    About Elvis Presley

    A vibrant, sympathetic portrait of the once and future king of rock ‘n’ roll by the award-winning author of Shiloh and In Country

    To this clear-eyed portrait of the first rock ‘n’ roll superstar, Bobbie Ann Mason brings a novelist’s insight and the empathy of a fellow Southerner who, from the first time she heard his voice on the family radio, knew that Elvis was “one of us.” Elvis Presley deftly braids the mythic and human aspects of his story, capturing both the charismatic, boundary-breaking singer who reveled in his celebrity and the soft-spoken, working-class Southern boy who was fatally unprepared for his success. The result is a riveting, tragic book that goes to the heart of the American dream.

    About Elvis Presley

    A vibrant, sympathetic portrait of the once and future king of rock ‘n’ roll by the award-winning author of Shiloh and In Country

    To this clear-eyed portrait of the first rock ‘n’ roll superstar, Bobbie Ann Mason brings a novelist’s insight and the empathy of a fellow Southerner who, from the first time she heard his voice on the family radio, knew that Elvis was “one of us.” Elvis Presley deftly braids the mythic and human aspects of his story, capturing both the charismatic, boundary-breaking singer who reveled in his celebrity and the soft-spoken, working-class Southern boy who was fatally unprepared for his success. The result is a riveting, tragic book that goes to the heart of the American dream.

    About Elvis Presley

    PEN/Hemingway Award-winner Bobbie Ann Mason turns her acumen on one of twentieth-century America’s most mysterious icons, The King himself. This new biography eschews sensational speculation to paint a thoughtfully researched but wholly felt portrait of the man-child who metamorphosed into a hero, one of the most popular and least supported characters in American history. In 1955, at age 20, Elvis provoked his first near-riot when he sang at a baseball park in Jacksonville. Inspired by black gospel quartets and mentored by producer Sam Phillips, Elvis blended hillbilly music with rhythm and blues in a synthesis that defined a new direction for popular music. Mason’s book gets at the consciousness of the icon and of the cultural climate that made him one.

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    Clear Springs
    The Girl in the Blue Beret
    An Atomic Romance
    Nancy Culpepper
    Zigzagging Down a Wild Trail
    See all books by Bobbie Ann Mason

    Also by Bobbie Ann Mason

    Clear Springs
    The Girl in the Blue Beret
    An Atomic Romance
    Nancy Culpepper
    Zigzagging Down a Wild Trail
    See all books by Bobbie Ann Mason

    About Bobbie Ann Mason

    Bobbie Ann Mason is the author of The Girl in the Blue Beret, In Country, Shiloh and Other Stories, An Atomic Romance, Nancy Culpepper, and a memoir, Clear Springs. She is the winner of the PEN/Hemingway Award, two Southern Book… More about Bobbie Ann Mason

    About Bobbie Ann Mason

    Bobbie Ann Mason is the author of The Girl in the Blue Beret, In Country, Shiloh and Other Stories, An Atomic Romance, Nancy Culpepper, and a memoir, Clear Springs. She is the winner of the PEN/Hemingway Award, two Southern Book… More about Bobbie Ann Mason

    About Bobbie Ann Mason

    Bobbie Ann Mason is the author of The Girl in the Blue Beret, In Country, Shiloh and Other Stories, An Atomic Romance, Nancy Culpepper, and a memoir, Clear Springs. She is the winner of the PEN/Hemingway Award, two Southern Book… More about Bobbie Ann Mason

    Product Details

    Category: Arts & Entertainment Biographies & Memoirs

    Paperback | $15.00
    Published by Penguin Books
    Jul 31, 2007 | 192 Pages | 5-1/16 x 7-1/8 | ISBN 9780143038894

    Category: Arts & Entertainment Biographies & Memoirs

    Ebook | $11.99
    Published by Penguin Books
    Jul 31, 2007 | 192 Pages | ISBN 9781101201381

    Category: Arts & Entertainment Biographies & Memoirs | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $15.00
    Published by Random House Audio
    Sep 06, 2002 | 357 Minutes | ISBN 9781415912232
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    Praise

    If youÆre going to read one book to find out what Elvis was all about, MasonÆs is a good choice. She brings to the task a novelistÆs eye and the sensibilities of a Southern girl who came of age in the 1950s. (The San Diego Union-Tribune)

    If youÆre going to read one book to find out what Elvis was all about, MasonÆs is a good choice. She brings to the task a novelistÆs eye and the sensibilities of a Southern girl who came of age in the 1950s. (The San Diego Union-Tribune)

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