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Graceland
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Author : Chris Abani
language : en
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Release Date : 2005-01-26
Graceland written by Chris Abani and has been published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-01-26 with Fiction categories.
Graceland is a dazzling debut by a singular new talent The sprawling, swampy, cacophonous city of Lagos, Nigeria, provides the backdrop to the story of Elvis, a teenage Elvis impersonator hoping to make his way out of the ghetto. Broke, beset by floods, and beatings by his alcoholic father, and with no job opportunities in sight, Elvis is tempted by a life of crime. Thus begins his odyssey into the dangerous underworld of Lagos, guided by his friend Redemption and accompanied by a restless hybrid of voices including The King of Beggars, Sunday, Innocent and Comfort. Ultimately, young Elvis, drenched in reggae and jazz, and besotted with American film heroes and images, must find his way to a GraceLand of his own. Nuanced, lyrical, and pitch perfect, Abani has created a remarkable story of a son and his father, and an examination of postcolonial Nigeria where the trappings of American culture reign supreme. "A richly detailed, poignant, and utterly fascinating look into another culture and how it is cross-pollinated by our own. It brings to mind the work of Ha Jin in its power and revelation of the new."--T. Coraghessan Boyle
Graceland
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Author : Karal Ann Marling
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 1996
Graceland written by Karal Ann Marling and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Art categories.
Describes what Graceland, the home Elvis Presley built in Memphis, tells about the late singer's life and personality.
Graceland And Asleep On The Wind
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Author : Ellen Byron
language : en
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc
Release Date : 1984
Graceland And Asleep On The Wind written by Ellen Byron and has been published by Dramatists Play Service Inc this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with American drama categories.
THE STORIES: GRACELAND. The place is the front entrance of Graceland, the late Elvis Presley's Memphis mansion, the time, five o'clock in the morning, three days before the estate is to be opened to the public. Two ardent Presley fans, Bev and Rootie, are
Graceland
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Author : Lynne Hugo
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Release Date : 2014-02-28
Graceland written by Lynne Hugo and has been published by HarperCollins UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-02-28 with Fiction categories.
EVERYONE KNOWS SISTERS LIKE THE SAMS GIRLS–three women trying their best to be good daughters, mothers and wives.
Graceland S Table
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Author : Ellen Rolfes
language : en
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Release Date : 2005-07-27
Graceland S Table written by Ellen Rolfes and has been published by Thomas Nelson this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-07-27 with Cooking categories.
Graceland's Table is the first cookbook written with the full cooperation of Elvis Presley Enterprises. In addition to recipes from fans for Elvis, the book includes photographs of Elvis at home and full-color food photos taken in Graceland for the book. The 175 recipes in Graceland's Table come from two sources: EPE's archives of Elvis's favorite recipes and Elvis's fans. The recipes from the fans were solicited through EPE's electronic newsletter, its catalog, and the more than 400 fan clubs. Fans submitted a recipe they would have liked to cook for Elvis should they have been invited to Graceland for a meal and explained the reason for their choice. Fans were asked to submit recipes linked to a particular song or movie title or person in Elvis's life (e.g. Love Me Chicken Tenders, Colonel Parkerhouse Rolls, Blue Suede Berry Pie). Twelve recipes came from EPE and over 150 from the fans. The book also has 35 B&W photos of Elvis and Graceland and 20 full-color food photos, trivia, and stories by those who knew Elvis such as Joe Esposito, Elvis's road manager, Patty Perry, the only female member of the Memphis Mafia, and Marian Cocke, Elvis's nurse.
Graceland The True Story
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Author : Larry Bowen
language : en
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
Release Date : 2020-11-10
Graceland The True Story written by Larry Bowen and has been published by Page Publishing Inc this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11-10 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This is the true story of Graceland in 1970s Memphis, Tennessee, in the years before the death of Elvis Presley. It is also the story of a black man in Jim Crow South who made it.
Graceland S Mystery Man
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Author : George R. Baugh
language : en
Publisher: Dorrance Publishing
Release Date : 2017-11-20
Graceland S Mystery Man written by George R. Baugh and has been published by Dorrance Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-20 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Graceland’s Mystery Man By: George R. Baugh Not many people are lucky enough to have a front-row seat to pop culture history, but George R. Baugh certainly did. Baugh’s memoir, Graceland’s Mystery Man, offers a fascinating glimpse into the personal life of Elvis Presley. First as a boyhood chum and later serving as his security guard, Baugh has many personal stories to share of the man others knew as The King. From high school hijinks to his generosity in the community to dealing with overzealous fans, this book details Baugh’s own experiences with Elvis. Aside from a friend and an employee, Baugh is also a devoted fan, and his love and respect for the musician shows through this delightful book. Graceland’s Mystery Man is a unique and welcome addition to any Elvis fan’s library. Rare photos of Elvis are included.
Last Ride To Graceland
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Author : Kim Wright
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2016-05-24
Last Ride To Graceland written by Kim Wright and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-24 with Fiction categories.
Recipient of the Willie Morris Award for Southern Fiction Lauded for her “astute and engrossing” (People) writing style imbued with “originality galore” (RT Book Reviews), Kim Wright channels the best of Jennifer Weiner and Sarah Pekkanen in this delightful novel of self-discovery on the open road as one woman sets out for Graceland hoping to answer the question: Is Elvis Presley her father? Blues musician Cory Ainsworth is barely scraping by after her mother’s death when she discovers a priceless piece of rock ‘n’ roll memorabilia hidden away in a shed out back of the family’s coastal South Carolina home: Elvis Presley’s Stutz Blackhawk, its interior a time capsule of the singer’s last day on earth. A backup singer for the King, Cory’s mother Honey was at Graceland the day Elvis died. She quickly returned home to Beaufort and married her high school sweetheart. Yearning to uncover the secrets of her mother’s past—and possibly her own identity—Cory decides to drive the car back to Memphis and turn it over to Elvis’s estate, retracing the exact route her mother took thirty-seven years earlier. As she winds her way through the sprawling deep south with its quaint towns and long stretches of open road, the burning question in Cory’s mind—who is my father?—takes a backseat to the truth she learns about her complicated mother, the minister's daughter who spent a lifetime struggling to conceal the consequences of a single year of rebellion.
Graceland At Last
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Author : Margaret Renkl
language : en
Publisher: Milkweed Editions
Release Date : 2021-09-08
Graceland At Last written by Margaret Renkl and has been published by Milkweed Editions this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-08 with Nature categories.
“In this luminous collection” a New York Times columnist “delivers smart, beautifully crafted personal and political observations” on the American south (Minneapolis Star Tribune). Margaret Renkl’s New York Times columns offer readersa weekly dose of natural beauty, human decency, and persistent hope from her home in Nashville. Now more than sixty of those pieces have been brought together in this sparkling collection. “People have often asked me how it feels to be the ‘voice of the South,’” writes Renkl in her introduction. “But I’m not the voice of the South, and no one else is, either.” There are many Souths—red and blue, rural and urban, mountain and coast, Black and white and brown—and no one writer could possibly represent all of them. In Graceland, At Last, Renkl writes instead from her own experience about the complexities of her homeland. In a patchwork quilt of essays, Renkl also highlights other voices of the South. Teenagers who organized a youth march for Black Lives Matter. An urban shepherd whose sheep remove invasive vegetation. Church parishioners sheltering the homeless. Throughout, readers will find a generosity of spirit and deep attention to the world, human and nonhuman. From a writer who “makes one of all the world’s beings” (NPR), Graceland, At Last is a book for Southerners and non-Southerners alike. “E.B. White suggested that newspapers cover nature as eagerly as commerce. . . . Renkl . . . seems like a belated answer to White . . . [crafting] graceful sentences that White would surely have enjoyed.” —Wall Street Journal “Margaret Renkl’s perspective feels like a guiding light . . . No matter where you’re from, column after column, Renkl will make you feel right at home.” ?Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Losing Graceland
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Author : Micah Nathan
language : en
Publisher: Crown
Release Date : 2011-01-04
Losing Graceland written by Micah Nathan and has been published by Crown this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-01-04 with Fiction categories.
An irreverent tale about a recent college grad, a mysterious old man who may be Elvis, and a perilous road trip that could lead to the old man’s final comeback. When Ben Fish responds to an ad that reads “Driver Needed Seven Days Excellent Pay No Druggies, Drunks, or Felons,” it’s because of the money ($10,000) but also to get away from his dead-end life. He has just graduated from college with a useless degree, has gotten dumped by his longtime girlfriend, and is still mourning his father, who died in a freak accident. Yet Ben finds himself in for more than he expected, as the old man who placed the ad seems to be a still-living Elvis who leads Ben on a 900-mile journey to Memphis in search of his granddaughter. Along the way they brawl with biker gangs, consult a backwoods oracle, rescue a hooker named Ginger from her one-eyed pimp, and ultimately find some answers about themselves and their place in the world.