And in the end, after all Patrick Humphries, AMAZON.CO. Exhaustive and thorough, though always written from a sympathetic standpoint, this first Guralnick is a scrupulous biographer, now established as the definitive chronicler of the strange life and turbulent times of Elvis Presley better still, his enthusiasm for Elvi s' music shines through on every page of the text. Last Train to Memphis written by Bobby Charles Take the last train to Memphis Ride the Tennessee Eagle That lonesome. SUNDAY TELEGRAPH Unrivalled.Elvis steps out of these pages, you can feel him breathe, this book cancels out all others - BOB DYLAN Wonderful.Guralnick deserves to live in Graceland - RODDY DOYLE Last Train to Memphis is the first part of Peter Gurlanick's epic two-volume life of rock 'n roll's founding father-and when no less an authority than Bob Dylan writes that 'this book cancels out all others', you know Guralnick must be doing something right. You can feel yourself sitting on a porch stoop in the heat of a summer evening, with Elvis strumming his guitar and singing gospel and pop songs of the day. Aiming instead to portray in vivid, dramatic terms. 'Last Train to Memphis' captures these pieces eloquently and with telling detail.

A wonderful book.Guralnick gives us an Elvis of real flesh and blood.the richest and most detailed protrait of Presely we have ever had. LAST TRAIN TO MEMPHIS is arguably the first serious biography that refuses to dwell on the myth of Elvis. This is the first of two volumes that make up what is arguably the definitive Elvis biography. Traveling by train from Memphis to Cleveland usually takes 28 hours and 48 minutes, but the fastest Amtrak train can make the trip in 26 hours and 5 minutes.

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