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of articles have been written about
Elvis Presley. Surely you want to
have some Elvis tomes on your den
bookshelf or lavatory reading
material stand for your own literary
enjoyment, and to impress your
guests, whether or not they use the
facilities while they are visiting
in your home. |
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HONORELVIS.com Recommends
These Books For Your Shelf |
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If he visits, you’ll
want to show him, won’t you? |
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| The
Field Guide To Elvis Shrines,
by Bill Yenne, Renaissance Books,
1999 |
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Two Kings: Jesus Elvis, by
A. J. Jacobs, Bantam Books, New
York, 1994 |
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| Christmas
with Elvis, by Jim
Curtin, Renata Ginter, 1999 |
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| The
Elvis Catalog, by Lee Cotten,
Doubleday & Co., New York, 1987
Did Elvis Sing in Your Hometown?,
by Lee Cotton, 1995 |
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| The
Illustrated Elvis, by W.
A. Harbinson, Grosset & Dunlap,
New York, 1976 |
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| All
shook Up: Collected Poems About
Elvis, by Will Clemens,
2000 |
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| The
Best of Elvis: Recollections of a
Great Humanitarian, by
Cindy Hazen, Mike Freeman, 1992 |
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| Elvis
Presley, Richard Nixon, and the
American Dream, by
Connie Kirchberg, Marc Hendrickx,
1999 |
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| Careless
Love: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley,
by Peter Guralnick, 1999 |
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| All
the King's Things: The Ultimate
Elvis Memorabilia Book, by
Bill Yenne, Ming Louie, 1994 |
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| The
Elvis-Jesus Mystery: The
Shocking Scriptural and Scientific
Evidence That Elvis Presley Could Be
The Messiah Anticipated Throughout
History, by Cinda Godfrey,
(340 pages), 1999 |
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| Be
Elvis! A guide to Impersonating the
King, by Rick Marino,
Adam Woog, 2000 |
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| Fit
for a King: The Elvis Presley
Cookbook, by Elizabeth
McKeon, Ralph Gevirtz, and Julie
Bandy, Rutledge Hill Press,
Nashville, 1992 |
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| Elvis:
The Legend, by Margaret
Lannaman, Andrews McMeel Publishing,
Kansas City, 1998 |
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This hardcover book has 128 pages of
information about Elvis and measures
only 2 x 2-1/4 x ½ inches, about
the size of a package of Certs. |
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| Last
Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis
Presley, by Peter
Guralnick, 1994 |
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| Elvis
& you: Your Guide to the
Pleasures of Being an Elvis Fan,
by Laura Victoria Levin, John
O'Hara, 2000 |
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| Race,
Rock, and Elvis (Music in American
Life), by Michael T.
Bertrand, 2000 |
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Elvis
and Me, by Priscilla
Beaulieu Presley |
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your convenience we provide
links to Amazon.com, the world’s
biggest book store, where you can
buy these and lots of other Elvis
books. Amazon.com has more than 336
books about or invoking the name of
Elvis. Some also are available as
used copies at bargain prices. |
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Elvis Articles from |
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Traveling
With Humpy |
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Remembering Elvis |
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In December 1998, they
celebrated the fifth
"Night of 100 Elvises"
at Lithuanian Hall, 851-3
Hollins Street in Baltimore. 
The event benefits the Johns
Hopkins Children's Center.
Scheduled were at least 16
bands and 16 Elvis tribute
artists, with all Elvis music,
all night, with no song
duplicated. Among the artists
booked were Tony Dee,
Baltimore's Black Elvis; Mike
a la King Edgar; and Dr.
Tasty. |
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Elvis Uber Alles |
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Yes, Germany, too, had a close
association with Elvis, Der
Konig. You'll recall that in
1958 during his U.S. Army
service, the King was
stationed in Germany with the
32nd Tank Battalion in
Friedberg, which now has an
Elvis Presley Square, or platz,
as they say in Deutschland. In
the nearby town of Bad Nauheim,
about 22 miles north of
Frankfurt, Elvis rented his
own quarters at the Hotel
Grunewald, in front of which
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In 1998, Historic Tours, Inc.
conducted a special
"Elvis Presley - G.I.
Commemorative Week" tour
to these and other German
Elvis sites. On the September
trip the tour group also got
to see Ray Barracks were Elvis
was stationed, participate in
a candlelight procession to
the Elvis statue in Bad
Nauheim and take a scenic
Rhine River boat ride and a
cable car ride over the nearby
vineyards, just as Elvis and
Juliet Prowse did in the movie
"G.I. Blues."
Retired Col. William Taylor,
Elvis' company commander in
Germany, and Ira Jones and Joe
Esposito, who were fellow
G.I.s in Elvis' company, were
guest celebrities on the tour.
All three of them have written
books on Elvis. To find out if
similar tours are scheduled in
the future, call Historic
Tours at 888-864-7370. |
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The University
of Elvis |
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In August 1996, the University
of Mississippi in Oxford,
Mississippi,
hosted the second annual
International Conference on
Elvis Presley. The conference
theme was "Then Sings My
Soul: Elvis and the Sacred
South." |
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Noted scholars, writers,
musicians and devoted Elvis
fans held discussions of the
enduring posthumous presence
of Elvis in music and media
culture worldwide. The
conference organizers noted
that "As both historical
figure and topic of
discussion, 'Elvis' names an
interracial, intercultural,
interdisciplinary intersection
on the world map." |
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The program included
presentations on such topics
as "The Emerging South of
Civil Rights: Martin Luther
King Jr. and Elvis,"
"Saint Elvis,"
"The Shroud of
Memphis," "Elvis
Lives in Latin" and
"Elvis Presley a' la
Japonaise." For word on
future conferences, write to:
Elvis, P.O. Box 879,
University of Mississippi,
Oxford, MS 38677-0879. |
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Cleveland Ain’t
Rockin’ |
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When the
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and
Museum first opened in
Cleveland, Ohio, radio
personality Howard Stern
called it "a Hard Rock
Cafe without the
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After a visit to the museum
that first year, our travel
correspondent Judy Schulte
reported that you might be
better off sticking with the
Hard Rock Cafes (She's been to
every one of them in the
world). On the positive
side, Schulte said the
collection of CDs and tapes
that you can listen to through
earphones was comprehensive
and a good experience. But the
movie on the history of rock
'n' roll left her feeling down
when she wanted to be feeling
good about the music she
remembered--the reason is that
from the Woodstock segment to
the end, the narrative,
narrators and story
line was drug-obsessed, nasty
and angry. "It made you
feel like you couldn't like
rock 'n' roll," said
Schulte. |
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Compared to Hard Rock Cafes,
where there are such
memorabilia as one of Elvis'
Harleys, Schulte said the
things in the Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame seemed
superficial. "The best
stuff was not there," she
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Let’s hope things have
gotten better since this
initial report. |
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Cruising with Elvis |
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In January 1999, Norwegian
Cruise Line ship SS Norway
sailed from Miami on a special
"Elvis Presley's Love Me
Tender Caribbean Cruise."
Events during the seven-day
cruise included a daytime
sky-dive onto the cruise
line's private Bahamian island
by the "The Flying Elvi"
of the film, "Honeymoon
in Vegas;" performances
aboard ship by Elvis' original
musical director and band
members; Elvis tribute
artists; Q&A sessions and
lectures; licensed Elvis
merchandise and a memorabilia
swap meet. |
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Far out,
dude |
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Elvis
had a peace ring that he wore
in the late 1960s. The peace
symbol was in diamonds on a
black enamel background.
Eventually he gave it to Linda
Thompson, a girlfriend. * |
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Elvis in the
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Elvis starred in 22 movies over 10
years. It didn't seem to matter what
role Elvis played; his fans turned
out in legions and the movies made
big bucks. 
Blue Hawaii was Elvis'
biggest-grossing film at the box
office and the sound track became
his best-selling album. A song from
the movie, "Can't Help Falling
in Love," was released as a
single and became number two on
Billboard's chart. It remained one
of Elvis' favorites and became the
closing number during most of his
1970 concert shows. |
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Reportedly Elvis was embarrassed by
his role in MGM's movie, Harum
Scarum, in which Elvis was costumed
in Arabian headdress, 
jodhpurs and riding boots, a la
Rudolf Valentino. The film was made
in just 18 days. One movie posters
boasted, "1001 swingin' nights
as Elvis brings the Big Beat to
Baghdad in a riotous, rockin' rollin'
adventure spoof!!!" Actors
appearing in the film with Elvis
were Mary Ann Mobley, Fran Jeffries
and Michael Ansara. The album based
on the movie soundtrack was so weak
musically that no song was issued
from the film as a single record.
Harum Scarum is considered to be the
worst movie Elvis ever made. * |
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Mini Review |
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The
Field Guide To Elvis Shrines, by
Bill Yenne, 1999 |
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This wonderful book is an
encyclopedic guide to thousands of
places where Elvis set foot and the
many shrines that have been built to
the King. Many of these historic
sites are familiar to most
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In Tupelo, Mississippi, the Elvis
birthplace home and his elementary
school and church and the Tupelo
Hardware Company on West Main
Street, where Gladys Presley bought
her son his first guitar in 1946 (A
guitar case painted on the floor
there now marks the spot where the
transaction occurred). |
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In Memphis, Elvis' adult home,
Graceland, and Sun Studios, where
Elvis had his first recording
session in 1953 and signed on with
the Sun Records label, and many
other venues in the city. |
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In Washington, DC, where Elvis
visited the White House in 1970 and
had his picture taken with President
Nixon in the Oval Office (see the
Nixon and Elvis story on "Nutcrackers"). |
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Yenne tells us that when Elvis
arrived in town for that famous
visit, he checked into room 506 of
the Washington Hotel under the alias
"Jon Burrows," and this is
where he first met his friend Lucy
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In Roanoke, Virginia, is what the
author describes as "Perhaps
the most lovingly constructed Elvis
shrine anywhere" -- "Don
and Kim Epperly's Miniature
Graceland," a Barbie doll-scale
replica of Elvis' Memphis mansion,
his Tupelo birthplace and the
Roanoke Coliseum, where Elvis
performed. |
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In Las Vegas, Hollywood, Hawaii, the
world. Even in Dumont, New Jersey,
location of the First Presleyterian
Church, founded by Dr. Karl N.
Edwards of Hoboken and Reverend Mort
Farndu of Denver, Colorado. Some may
consider this a spoof, but it's
there, in Dumont, and in the guide. |
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Traveling
with Humpy is not just for
eager travelers looking for new fun
places to go. It's also a
great read for shut-ins and the
lonely who want to put a hop in
their step or a smiley face on a
dreary day. It's a certified Feel
Good publication. A one-year
subscription is only $12.95 and
brings five-to-six pages of
fascinating travel stories, guidance
and fun to your e-mail box every
month. Read it on your screen or
print it out. |
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