Last Train to Memphis

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Summary: fantastic look at Elvis and '50s American culture and music
Review: Wonderfully detailed chroncling of Elvis Presley's life and music, put into the perspective of 1950s America. The book covers Elvis' life up until the time his mother dies and he is shipped to Germany. This is a breathtaking story of a young boy with a dream that was beyond anything anyone in his circumstances could imagine or anything he could ever have expected to attain. Last Train to Memphis takes the reader through the evolution of music into rock 'n' roll and shows us the mores of the times, as well as all the people who helped Elvis along the way. It makes one anxious to get on to volume 2, Careless Love.