King and I: A Little Gallery of Elvis Impersonators

By Karin Pritikin and Kent Barker

From his days as a Memphis hearthrob to his nights in Vegas, Elvis lives on in the impersonators who don the clothes and the lip curl of the King of rock and roll. This collection of 46 photographs,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811802442
• ISBN13: 9780811802444
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Chronicle Books Llc
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.0" x 0.5" x 5.5"

Customer Reviews

Laughed 'till I cried

My husband picked this up for me from a junk shop as part of my 35th birthday present (the other part was a 3' tall St. Francis for the yard). I laughed until I cried. These guys ( & 1 girl) are all amazing. One thing (OK, more than one thing) I found strange was that it seemed every other one was from Illinois. Is there somthing in the water?

A Hunka Hunka Freakin' Weirdos...And Some Decent Folks Too

"The King And I" is a perfect book to lay out on your coffee table and have friends, neighbors, family and strangers pick it up and wonder just what the heck is this world coming to. Chock full of photos of Elvis impersonators--some good, some not so good, and some just downright scary, this book is a perfect conversation piece. From guys like Julian Campo, who thinks he has a spiritual connection to Elvis to guys like Frank Ianaggi, who knows that he can't really be Elvis, this book has it all.Some of these guys take their passion a little too seriously, but for the most part, this book shows you that some folks just really love what they do. I guess that if Elvis makes getting through your day a little easier, it's okay with me. I'm not going to sit here and knock these guys for doing something a little out of the ordinary, because they are working, and I'm sure many of them are cleaning up in the money department.In closing, get this book if you want a taste of life outside of ordinaryville, which isn't so bad. It's fun, it's silly, and you can get it at a really good price. I picked my copy up at a closeout store for ninety-nine cents. It was money well-spent.