Elvis, the Early Years: A 2001 Fact Odyssey

by Jim Curtin

A foremost Elvis expert, author of "Elvis: Unknown Stories Behind the Legend", offers the latest for trivia lovers and Elvis fans everywhere. 50 photos. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1580291066
• ISBN13: 9781580291064
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: Celebrity Press
• Length: 293 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.1" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

What great research - and what a fun book this is!

Ok. While on the road, I used this book to conduct trivia contests. The guys I am with, are Elvis fans and they always try to prove that they know Elvis more than I. So this book put an end to that!But I will say this: I TOO WAS WRONG on many occasions! I never knew 50-60% of the information that was listed in this book -- and I thought I knew a LOT! So this is an educational book beyond any Elvis fans' expections or knowledge!I think this will soon become an Elvis Bible to the fans and Elvis world - if it's not already!Remarkable from the first page to the last!

Wonderful book!

What struck me about this book was the beautiful and clean art deco cover. What a gorgeous cover! And what fun it is to look at.I bought it along with Christmas with Elvis by the same author. Never knew about anyone making a Christmas book with Elvis! So I was thrilled about that!Anyway I took this book home, and to keep it short: I have so far read it 3 times from cover to cover! That is how enticing this book is. Never had I thought possible that anyone could trace Elvis' family history back that far as did Mr. Curtin. Because Graceland still has the OLD information that Elvis came from Scotland and Andrew Pressley! My goodness Mr. Curtin goes back much much farther. What an important addition Mr. Curtin is to the Elvis world. He is the key to the lock on the Elvis Presley that no one dares to write about: THE GOOD MAN!Thank you Mr. Curtin for showing class in authoring a beautiful book on Elvis. And thank you for all your extremely hard work in finding out all this information on Elvis and for sharing it with us fans. God Bless you and much continued success.

GETTING ON MY KNEES

I AM NOW TYPING IN CAPITALS! JUST READ THIS BOOK AND I WILL SAY THIS : I AM AMAZED AT JIM CURTIN AND HIS WRITER FOR WHAT, AND HOW MUCH THEY RESEARCHED ON ELVIS.SO WITH THIS REVIEW I AM GETTING ON MY KNEES AND THANKING GOD NOT ONLY FOR GIFTING THIS WORLD WITH ELVIS, BUT FOR GIFTING THE ELVIS WORLD WITH JIM CURTIN! (and lets not forget Renata)THANK YOU .... THANK YOU .... THANK YOU .... THANKYOUVERYMUCH!

Superb research!

This book should get an award just for the research that was done in putting this book together. This team of Jim and Renata is the best ever in the Elvis world. Just wonderful, wonderful information is PACKED into this little book! You would think its a mini encyclopedia with how much writing is involved in this book!If this book, the early years, is this great; I can't wait for the next volumes!I personally thought that was no other information that could be FOUND on Elvis, but I was wrong. I think Jim and Renata truly pinpointed Elvis' family tree to a T ..... I can't find fault in it. Everything seems to fit and make sense. Not even Elvis' family members got things as right! So what does that mean to us? THE PERFECT INFORMATIVE BOOK! Thanks a million!

How can it not be good? It is written by Jim Curtin

If anyone knew Elvis or has a better knowledge of Elvis, I am not aware. Jim is not only a collector of Elvis Memorabilia, but he has studied, and was a personal Friend of Elvis. What more could you ask for. He lives, talks, breathes Elvis. Any Book that he would write is out of Love for Elvis.