Meant to be a field guide for further research, it pitches to the most erudite echelons of Elvis fandom without going over the heads of the masses. It is also easily the coolest, most reasonable book about the Kink yet. Booklist
Reviews Hammontree's effort is scholarly, a book about other books, articles, interviews, and miscellaneous documents. It is split into segments of biography, evaluation of Presley's impact on music and popular culture, excerpts from interviews, bibliographical essay and bibliography, chronology, filmography, and discography. Meant to be a field guide for further research, it pitches to the most erudite echelons of Elvis fandom without going over the heads of the masses. It is also easily, the coolest, most reasonable book about the King yet.—Booklist