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A prize-winning biography draws on almost a decade of research to recreate, in vivid detail, the beginning of the King's career. Reprint. National ad/promo. NYT.

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It is late may or early June, hot, steamy; a fetid breeze comes in off the river and wafts its way through the elegant lobby of the Hotel Peabody, where, it is said, the Mississippi Delta begins.

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This book is in Book Lust by Nancy Pearl. (authoritative list)
This is book 15 of 113 in Book Smart Reading List. (community list)

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  1. Peter Guralnick (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Little Brown & Co
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1994
ISBN: 0316332208
Page Count: 576

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