The Boy Who Would Be King: An Intimate Portrait of Elvis Presley by His Cousin

by Kathleen Tracy and Earl Greenwood

Book Overview

This biography of Presley is the first one to be written by a family member: his slightly younger cousin, who grew up with him in Tupelo and Memphis, and later became his press agent. The biography... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0525249028
• ISBN13: 9780525249023
• Release Date: September 1990
• Publisher: Dutton Books
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Zig-Zag Elvis

I read Mr. Greenwood's book and found it very informative and personal. The book takes the reader through Elvis' personal life and marriage and numberous love affairs. It depicts the Colonel's control over Elvis and possible black mail. It depicts how the people he was associated with over the years were mainly there for the gravy. An excellent book.

a wonderful and sympathetic portrayl of the Rock 'n' roll

EARL GREENWOOD PRIMARILY FOCUSES ON ELVIS' HUMBLE BEGINNINGS AND HIS TRAGIC CHILDHOOD FROM THE PERSPSCTIVE OF SOMEONE WHO KNEW THE FAMILY INTIMATLEY. HE EXPLAINS ELVIS' GUILT OVER HIS TWIN BROTHER'S DEATH AND HIS INCONSOLABLE SADNESS OVER HIS MOTHER'S DEATH. GREENWOOD TELLS OF AN ELVIS WHO NOBDY REAALY KNEW, A BOY WHO WAS BULLIED AND RIDICULED AND WHO EVENTUALLY BECAME ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS ARTISTS IN HISTORY. IN SHORT THIS BIOGRAPHY IS TOLD WONDERFULLY.