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| Title | : | Elvis Presley (Penguin Lives) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.32 (660 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0670031747 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 192 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-07-31 |
| Language | : | English |
From Publishers Weekly Written by fellow Southerner Mason (In Country; Clear Springs), this abbreviated biography suffers fromthe series' length limitation but makes up for it by hitting the significant points. . As such, this intro to Elvis will be useful, but is still no substitute for Peter Guralnick's definitive two-volume biography (Last Train to Memphis, Careless Love), which Mason praises in her acknowledgments along with many other sources.Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. Mason credits Elvis with inventing rock and youth culture and "puncturing the balloon of 1950s serenity and conformity." She posits that the result of his stint in the army "was to erase his rock-and-roll rebel image and turn him into a mainstream all-American boy next door," and that in 1969, after almost a decade spent making bad films, "he was genuinely invigorated by ma
Mason On Elvis: An American Tragedy Bobbie Ann Mason is the person who should have written this book on Elvis. Born in 19Mason On Elvis: An American Tragedy Foster Corbin Bobbie Ann Mason is the person who should have written this book on Elvis. Born in 1942, she grew up on a dairy farm in Mayfield, Kentucky; she and Elvis then are from the same time and part of the country. It is obvious from every page of this work that Ms. Mason likes Elvis's music and understands what his contribution to America and the world was. There is no substitute, as some of us remember, to being alive when Elvis literally burst on the music scene and shook us from the Eisenhower 50's. Of course. 2, she grew up on a dairy farm in Mayfield, Kentucky; she and Elvis then are from the same time and part of the country. It is obvious from every page of this work that Ms. Mason likes Elvis's music and understands what his contribution to America and the world was. There is no substitute, as some of us remember, to being alive when Elvis literally burst on the music scene and shook us from the Eisenhower 50's. Of course. "Empty" according to theprimate@aol.com. Empty headed biography with so much speculation, it should be classified as fiction. For example, when Elvis went to the White House, the author writes, that "he had much in common with Richard Nixon." Really? Elvis was born along with a dead twin, and the writer makes conclusions on how this traumatized Elvis as if his twin had lived for twenty years. Really? If you don't mind all the "he must have", "it's likely", "it's possible that" and other triggers for Mason's imagination of her hero, maybe this bo. "Short and Sweet" according to Sean Busick. I sometimes assign Mason's light biography of Elvis in my southern history classes, and it is always a favorite of my students.Those looking for serious scholarship will be disappointed in the book. But it is a fun book that my students actually enjoy reading and provides a great foundation for a serious discussion of youth culture, race, and class relations. And, of course, it also shows students, who are only familiar with the kitsch, why Elvis mattered to so many people.
When Bobbie Ann Mason first heard Elvis Presley on the family radio, she recognized him as "one of us a country person who spoke our language"--Southern, working class, a little wild. In Elvis Presley, the bestselling author of the two modern American classics Shiloh and Other Stories and In Country captures all the vibrancy and tragedy of this mythic figure. Elvis the impassioned singer and charismatic youth embraced the celebrity brought him by a host of top-forty hits and movies. But Elvis the small-town boy and devoted son was in no way prepared for being catapulted into an unimagined stratosphere. With heartfelt intimacy and a novelist's insight, Mason charts the intoxicating life of the first rock-and-roll superstar, whose music shattered barriers and changed the sound of America. This is the riveting story of an unforgettable man and his indelible legacy.
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