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That's All Right, Mama
Spencer, Scott | December 5, 1994 issue

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The article discusses the book "Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley," by Peter Guralnick. In this book Guralnick turns a blind narrative eye to all that happened to Presley in his final years—and all that continues to happen to him after his death—and instead offers a close-up and generally clear-eyed view of Presley between the years 1953 and 1958—nearly 500 pages to cover five years. Yet "Last Train" is not a mere rehash of the Presley legend. Guralnick's is a job of cultural reclamation, finding the pop prodigy beneath the marzipan coating of superstardom.

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LAST Train to Memphis (Book); GURALNICK, Peter; PRESLEY, Elvis, 1935-1977; NARRATION (Rhetoric); CULTURE; LITERATURE
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