The most famous biography of the king of rock and roll. The first part of Peter Guralnick's duology about Elvis Presley. “An unparalleled account of Elvis as he walks the path between heaven and earth in an America that was wide open when anything was possible, not a bleached golden calf but the fiery atomic lone musical swashbuckler who captivated the Western world, it leaps off the page , you can feel him breathing, this book eclipses all other books about him." - Bob Dylan "A triumph of biographical art... deep and moving... Even minor revelations are mesmerizing... Mr. Guralnick's narrative is told with an intimate, understated intensity, eerily reminiscent of a plaintive tone Presley's ballads, a reverent longing for America itself." - Steven Wright, New York Times Book Review