Elvis Presley Boulevard: From Sea to Shining Sea, Almost

by Mark Winegardner

Book Overview

Elvis Presley Boulevard chronicles the trip we've all taken-or wanted to take-into the country that confounds its admirers and delights even its critics. Mark Winegardner, a young Ohioan, spent the formative summers of his wonder years touring the States with his family in a succession of recreational vehicles. Much later, only months before his wedding, he undertakes another transcontinental odyssey, this time without benefit of license-plate games...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0871132052
• ISBN13: 9780871132055
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

intriguing

Winegardner seems destined to become one of the best writers of his generation, at least judging from his stellar short stories and in particular the masterful novel CROOKED RIVER BURNING. His sequel to THE GODFATHER will break him out to a huge audience. This book is an interesting insight into the beginnings of a major talent. The fiction is more mature work, yes, but this book is certainly a lot of fun.

Interesting first book

Winegardner's later, amazing novels--The Veracruz Blues and Crooked River Burning--are the places to start reading this first-rate American writer. But this book really does give an intriguing taste of what this writer will do later. A smart, seminal American road trip, written with heart and verve.

Great to read

I found 'Elvis Presley Boulevard' a wonderful read. I'll have to admit that it's no 'Blue Highways' or 'Lost Continent', but the book is full of great dialogues, is often very funny and hard to put away.