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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 782.42166092
EAN: 9780307452740
Edition: 1
ISBN: 0307452743
Label: Crown
Manufacturer: Crown
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 320
Publication Date: January 05, 2010
Publisher: Crown
Release Date: January 05, 2010
Studio: Crown
Features:- ISBN13: 9780307452740
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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When George Klein was an eighth grader at Humes High, he couldn’t have known how important the new kid with the guitar—the boy named Elvis—would later become in his life. But from the first time GK (as he was nicknamed by Elvis) heard this kid sing, he knew that Elvis Presley was someone extraordinary. During Elvis’s rise to fame and throughout the wild swirl of his remarkable life, Klein was a steady presence and one of Elvis’s closest and most loyal friends until his untimely death in 1977.
In Elvis: My Best Man, a heartfelt, entertaining, and long-awaited contribution to our understanding of Elvis Presley and the early days of rock ’n’ roll, George Klein writes with great affection for the friend he knew—about who the King of Rock ’n’ Roll really was and how he acted when the stage lights were off. This fascinating chronicle of boundary-breaking and music-making through one of the most intriguing and dynamic stretches of American history overflows with insights and anecdotes from someone who was in the middle of it all. From the good times at Graceland to hanging out with Hollywood stars to butting heads with Elvis’s iron-handed manager, Colonel Tom Parker, to making sure that Elvis’s legacy is fittingly honored, GK was a true friend of the King and a trailblazer in the music industry in his own right.
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After reading this book, I feel I actually knew Elvis. I appreciate the "insider's view" of his life.
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This is an outstanding book! It captures the joys, challenges, humor, disappointments, commitments, and pathos associated with a life-long friendship with one of the giant personalities of the 20th century. George Klein was there from the beginning. He gives a balanced, insightful, "insiders" view of the real, human Elvis and the friends and acquaintances who surrounded him. In a completely enjoyable narrative, he pulls the reader into the birth pangs of rock `n roll, the society that surrounded ... Read More
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Special thanks to George Klein for writing this book. Although George has been generous over the years with his Elvis input via his radio shows, his interviews and personal appearances, it is great to have his stories all in one place (with, of course, new input and perspective from George). There are only a few who were around from the beginning. While there are many people who shared major portions of Elvis' life, such as Jerry Schilling, Joe Esposito, Sonny West and Marty Lacker, George is one ... Read More
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I couldn't put it down. Thrilling to read a book written by a true friend.
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I very much enjoyed this book. I especially enjoyed that the author was a gentleman in what he revealed and how he revealed it. After reading Alanna Nash's book, this book was a breath of fresh air.
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