![]() ![]() The book ends in 1960 when he joins the Army. Guralnick gives us is a passionate, detailed chronicle of Presley's early years and fame. ![]() ![]() He studied the tricks and manners of other stars, played with every racial style he could find (first artfully, then compulsively), and when he had done that, he went one step beyond into something that approached the extraterrestrial.īut we are getting ahead of the story. He didn't wear clothing he wore costumes set off by lacquered hair and makeup. He was precociously assured onstage and unnervingly childish off. Lisa Marie's father had done most of his best work by the time he was 25. Aren't we always told that women seek some version of their fathers in the husbands they choose? Should you seek a working hypothesis as to why Lisa Marie Presley married Michael Jackson, "Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley," by Peter Guralnick, will provide one. LAST TRAIN TO MEMPHIS The Rise of Elvis Presley By Peter Guralnick 560 pages. ![]()
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