Elvis in the MorningHarcourt, 2001 - 328 страница Orson is a young boy whose mother works at a U.S. Army base in Germany in the 1950s. There, he becomes a fan of a G.I. stationed at the base, one Elvis Presley, whose music is played over and over on the radio. When Orson is caught stealing recordings of Elvis's tunes from the PX, the attendant publicity catches the star's attention, and he comes to visit his young fan. Thus begins a lifelong friendship. As Elvis's career rockets ever higher and his behavior becomes ever more erratic, the two share many adventures. The sixties explode, and Elvis becomes the icon of the nation, while Orson, a college demonstrator, drifts away from regular life while looking for something of substance to believe in. Each man is an emblem of his time, as social conventions crumble, barriers fall, and the cultural landscape changes forever. A panorama of change and dissent, of the ability of friends to stay true despite distance and time,Elvis in the Morning portrays a nation in change and the effects of celebrity on innocence. |
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... knew a German boy or girl who would relish owning an Elvis Presley record but could not afford to purchase one , especially since the price of imported records , in a Germany starved for U.S. dollars , was a singular sacrifice . Almost ...
... knew a German boy or girl who would relish owning an Elvis Presley record but could not afford to purchase one , especially since the price of imported records , in a Germany starved for U.S. dollars , was a singular sacrifice . Almost ...
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... bicycle about Wiesbaden and so knew first- hand the scarcities of postwar Germany . He himself had never suffered from them , because anything his mother couldn't buy at the local market she would pick up at the PX 7 ...
... bicycle about Wiesbaden and so knew first- hand the scarcities of postwar Germany . He himself had never suffered from them , because anything his mother couldn't buy at the local market she would pick up at the PX 7 ...
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... knew that Elvis wouldn't have framed the point in that way except that he wanted to lodge a grievance . " You heard anything about the article ? The one in the Las Vegas News ? " In fact Orson had heard about it , from Priscilla . But he ...
... knew that Elvis wouldn't have framed the point in that way except that he wanted to lodge a grievance . " You heard anything about the article ? The one in the Las Vegas News ? " In fact Orson had heard about it , from Priscilla . But he ...
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