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Fortunate Son: The Life of Elvis Presley

Fortunate Son: The Life of Elvis Presley

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Availability:In StockContributor:Charles L. Ponce de LeonSeries:American Portrait (Hill and Wang)Theme:Chronological Period/20th CenturyPublish date:8/7/2007Pages:256
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Hill & WangISBN-13:9780809016419ISBN-10:0809016419UPC:9780809016419Book Category:Music, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Genres & Styles, Music, Entertainment & Performing ArtsBook Topic:RockSize:8.40 x 5.50 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.318Product ID:SC9TSDYK2W

Elvis Presley was celebrity's perfect storm. His sole but substantial contribution was talent, a fact Charles L. Ponce de Leon is careful to demonstrate throughout his wonderfully contextual Fortunate Son. Even as the moments of lucidity necessary to exercise that talent grew rarer and rarer, Elvis proved his musical gifts right up to the end of his life. Beyond that, however, he was fortune's child. Fortunate Son succinctly traces out the larger shifts that repeatedly redefined the cultural landscape during the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, using Elvis's life to present a brief history of American popular culture during these tumultuous decades.

Languages:EnglishPublisher:Hill & WangISBN-13:9780809016419ISBN-10:0809016419UPC:9780809016419Book Category:Music, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Genres & Styles, Music, Entertainment & Performing ArtsBook Topic:RockSize:8.40 x 5.50 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.318Product ID:SC9TSDYK2W

Charles L. Ponce de Leon teaches history at the State University of New York, Purchase, and is the author of Self-Exposure: The Emergence of Celebrity in America, 1890-1940.


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