Adam Victor is a writer and translator and the author of The Marilyn Encyclopedia. The Elvis Encyclopedia is his biggest project to date, the distillation of more than three years of research in libraries, film and audio archives, and private collections
?The book is lavishly and lovingly illustrated with candid photos,
movie stills, posters, and assorted oddities . . . and in a nice
touch the book throws in relevant quotations after many entries, by
Elvis or about him.? ?"New York Times Book Review"
?"The Elvis Encyclopedia" explores all things Elvis Presley-related
? entries on every song, album and movie ever released by the
King."?"Wall Street Journal"
?What every Presley fan has been waiting for: Elvis from A (as in
Agnew, with an entry of Elvis meeting with the vice president in
Palm Springs, Calif., in late 1970) to Z (as in David Zenoff, with
a mention of the Nevada Supreme Court judge who married Elvis and
Priscilla in Las Vegas in May 1968)?Victor deftly embeds each
compact entry in this 598-page tome with the most essential, often
myth-busting nuggets. The more than 500 knockout photos are worth
the crazy price alone.? ? "Atlanta Journal-Constitution"
?Everything Elvis! From facts on Jean and Julian Aber
The book is lavishly and lovingly illustrated with candid photos,
movie stills, posters, and assorted oddities . . . and in a nice
touch the book throws in relevant quotations after many entries, by
Elvis or about him. "New York Times Book Review"
"The Elvis Encyclopedia" explores all things Elvis Presley-related
entries on every song, album and movie ever released by the King."
"Wall Street Journal"
What every Presley fan has been waiting for: Elvis from A (as in
Agnew, with an entry of Elvis meeting with the vice president in
Palm Springs, Calif., in late 1970) to Z (as in David Zenoff, with
a mention of the Nevada Supreme Court judge who married Elvis and
Priscilla in Las Vegas in May 1968) Victor deftly embeds each
compact entry in this 598-page tome with the most essential, often
myth-busting nuggets. The more than 500 knockout photos are worth
the crazy price alone. "Atlanta Journal-Constitution"
Everything Elvis! From facts on Jean and Julian Aberbach, the
Austria
aThe book is lavishly and lovingly illustrated with candid photos,
movie stills, posters, and assorted oddities . . . and in a nice
touch the book throws in relevant quotations after many entries, by
Elvis or about him.a a"New York Times Book Review"
a"The Elvis Encyclopedia" explores all things Elvis Presley-related
a entries on every song, album and movie ever released by the
King."a"Wall Street Journal"
aWhat every Presley fan has been waiting for: Elvis from A (as in
Agnew, with an entry of Elvis meeting with the vice president in
Palm Springs, Calif., in late 1970) to Z (as in David Zenoff, with
a mention of the Nevada Supreme Court judge who married Elvis and
Priscilla in Las Vegas in May 1968)a]Victor deftly embeds each
compact entry in this 598-page tome with the most essential, often
myth-busting nuggets. The more than 500 knockout photos are worth
the crazy price alone.a a "Atlanta Journal-Constitution"
aEverything Elvis! From facts on Jean and Julian Aberbach, the
Austrian-born brothers whose music publishing company represented
Elvis Presley for 22 years, to David Zenoff, the Nevada Supreme
Court judge who presided over his marriage to Priscilla in Las
Vegas, "The Elvis Encyclopedia" covers the King from A-Z. Author
Adam Victor spent six years sifting through nearly everything ever
written or filmed about Elvis to compile the coffee-table book. In
addition to 500 color and black-and-white photographs, it also
includes several never-before-seen images of the Memphis man who
became an American music icon.a a "Southern Living"
aNo fan of the King would aReturn to Sendera this 598-page volume.a
a "New York Post"
aWith its abundant photos and memorabilia, onecould pore over its
pages for days on end.a a"San Francisco Chronicle"
aThree decades after his death, the public continues to be
fascinated by the King of Rock 'n' Roll, and Mr. Victor honors that
obsession with this almost crazily detailed encyclopedia. "The
Elvis Encyclopedia" is as knowingly written as it is complete."a"
Dallas Morning News"
aThe King lives on (and on) in "The Elvis Encyclopedia" by Adam
Victor, perhaps the most comprehensive Elvis tome ever. With lavish
color photos and information organized into a reader friendly
format, this book covers the hip-shakina rocker from A to Z.a a"
Los Angeles Confidential"
aWith more than 500 photos and an A-to-Z format, "The Elvis
Encyclopedia" not only makes a mesmerizing coffee table book, it's
also a great gift for your hunka hunka burnin' love {and others)
this holiday season.a a "Vegas Magazine"aFor fans who obsess over
the King, it's a certainty: can't help falling in love with "The
Elvis Encyclopedia,"a a"Chicago Sun-Times""Improbably rich,
admirably thorough, Victor's compendium lends weight to the thought
that the Elvis phenomenon reached nearly every corner of the
world." a "Kirkus Reviews"
aThis book may well swell the number of well-informed fans. With
598 pages resulting from six years of research in libraries, film
and audio archives and private collections, there's a good
chance.a-" Newsday"
aA valuable one-stop source of all things informational about The
King...Victor has certainly cast his net widely in search of rarely
seen pictures, and on that nostalgic note alone his is a regal
bookafit for a king.a a" BookPage"
aThere's something for everyone here a for musicologists, fans,
historians, idolaters, skeptics, and newcomers and, most of all,
for a posterity that, clearly, will never diminish in its
fascination with the man who derived from humble origins in Tupelo,
Mississippia]Adam Victor, the editor/author of this volume..[has]
outdone himself a and most competitors, past, present, or potential
a with "The Elvis Encyclopedia,""a "Memphis Flyer"
aTopping out at 600 dense pages, this lavishly illustrated
celebration of Elvis is both comprehensive and fascinating to read.
Highly recommended for its unrivaled breadth and illustration. The
volume is sure to circulate heavily among fans and the merely
curious.a a "Library Journal"
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