Against the backdrop of groundbreaking musical environments from Memphis, Tennessee to the Mississippi Delta, you will share stories that follow Elvis and his rise to fame through the eyes of his Graceland neighbors in the small suburb of Whitehaven. The author's mother, a young girl who was as much a celebrity in this small town as Elvis, reveals never-before-shared photographs and stories that chronicle a town, an extraordinary man, and a time forever lost to history, each on the brink of explosion and change.
This is Jennifer Harrison?s first full-length nonfiction book after years of extensive legal writing, nonprofit grantwriting, copyediting, and talent management. Ms. Harrison, a fourth generation Memphian currently living abroad, is presently researching her second book contrasting nationalistic versions of history taught in the United States and the United Kingdom.