Elvis Aaron Presley: Revelations from the Memphis Mafia - Hardcover

Nash, Alanna; Smith, Billy; Lacker, Marty; Fike, Lamar

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060176199 ISBN 13: 9780060176198

Publisher: HarperCollins, 1995

Synopsis

A monumental oral biography, Elvis Aaron Presley is the first book to capture Elvis Presley - the man and the phenomenon - in his full complexity.
Elvis Aaron Presley is the product of more than five years of interviews with the three individuals who knew him best:
Billy Smith - Elvis's first cousin and the person Elvis reputedly loved most after his own mother; the man who slept at the foot of Elvis's bed during his bouts of horrific nightmares; and, at the end, one of the few who continued to see the pop icon on a daily basis.
Marty Lacker - the best man at Elvis's wedding and foreman of the famed "Memphis Mafia," the handpicked group of gatekeepers and confidants who formed Presley's entourage.
Lamar Fike - decades-long member of the "Memphis Mafia"; touring crew member; and the man who accompanied Elvis to his army posting in Germany.
Together, these three were with Elvis from his teens to his last day on earth, and the story they have to tell - most of it never before on the record - is as complete a psychological portrait of the pop icon as we're ever likely to get.

About this title

From the Publisher:

Elvis Aaron Presley is as close as anybody's gotten to a psychological profile of Elvis, based on family information from Billy Smith, Elvis's first cousin, who lived with him throughout his life. The book also examines the larger human aspects of an unparalleled social phenomenon. Twenty years after Elvis's death, he still mystifies and thrills.

About the Author:

Alanna Nash is also `responsible for the best Elvis book to date (Uncut magazine): Elvis Presley: Revelations from the Memphis Mafia.ÿ A feature writer for the New York Times, she lives in Louisville, Kentucky.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0060176199
• ISBN 13: 9780060176198
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 816