Elvis 56 - In the Beginning - An Intimate Eyewitness Photo-Journal

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The year is 1956. Elvis Presley, at the age of 21, was about to become the greatest rocker in the history of rock n' roll. The photojournalist, Al Wertheimer, snapped over 3800 intimate photographs of the early Elvis - before he became the prisoner of his own celebrity. Soon his manager, Colonel Tom Parker, would ring down the curtain on all unmanaged reporting. This book contains everyday pictures of Elvis with family, friends and fans; Elvis in live performance; Elvis at his most innocent, in the last moments before he became a legend...