Life of Elvis Presley

Name: Life of Elvis Presley
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ISBN: 9780809016419

ISBN-10: 0809016419

ISBN-13: 9780809016419

Edition: 2007

Authors: Charles L. Ponce de Leon

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Elvis Presley was celebrity’s perfect storm. His sole but substantial contribution was talent, a fact Charles L. Ponce de Leon is careful to demonstrate throughout his wonderfully contextualFortunate Son.Even as the moments of lucidity necessary to exercise that talent grew rarer and rarer, Elvis proved his musical gifts right up to the end of his life. Beyond that, however, he was fortune’s child.Fortunate Sonsuccinctly traces out the larger shifts that repeatedly redefined the cultural landscape during the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, using Elvis’s life to present a brief history of American popular culture during these tumultuous decades.

Book details

List price: $18.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Publication date: 8/7/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English

Charles L. Ponce de Leon is associate professor of history at Purchase College, State University of New York.



Introduction



From Tupelo to Memphis



The Hillbilly Cat



Elvis the Pelvis



The Next James Dean?



Matinee Idol



The King of Rock and Roll



Living Legend


Notes


Acknowledgment


Index