Elvis Presley

Elvis Presley

About the Book

?Elvis left no one indifferent to rock and roll??so begins award-winning author Wilborn Hampton?s thoughtful account of the beloved and controversial Elvis Presley. When Elvis shook his hips and sang his soulful songs, teenagers screamed and parents fretted. Fans, record executives, movie producers, and even the army wanted a piece of this enigmatic performer and shy boy from Tupelo, Mississippi. What Elvis gave them changed music forever.

This latest addition to Viking?s ongoing biography series, Up Close, includes gorgeous black-and-white photographs and introduces readers to the complicated life of the king of rock and roll.

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Up Close Series

Theodore Roosevelt
Babe Ruth
Harper Lee
W. E. B. Du Bois
Frank Lloyd Wright
Ronald Reagan
Thurgood Marshall
Elvis Presley
Jane Goodall
Up Close: Rachel Carson
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About the Author

Wilborn Hampton
Wilborn Hampton has been an editor and book and theater critic for the New York Times. He is also the award-winning author of Up Close: Elvis Presley (Viking) and Kennedy Assassinated!. He lives in New York City. More by Wilborn Hampton
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