From the Holy Land to Graceland: Sacred People, Places and Things in Our Lives

by Gary Vikan

Graceland is much more than a wildly popular historic house and tourist destination associated with a famous entertainer, and Elvis Presley is much more than the King of Rock 'n' Roll. As former Walters Art Museum director and medievalist Gary Vikan shows us in his fascinating new book, Graceland, the second-most visited historic house in the U.S., is a locus sanctus --a holy place--and Elvis is its resident saint, while the hordes of fans that crowd...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 193325372X
• ISBN13: 9781933253725
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: American Alliance of Museums
• Length: 202 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.2" x 10.1"