cover image Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley

Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley

Peter Guralnick. Back Bay Books, $17.99 (576pp) ISBN 978-0-316-33225-5

Vol. one of Guralnick's exhaustive, two-volume biography details the King's first 24 years, leaving off when his rise is interrupted by his being drafted into the army. (Sept.)