Mason, Bobbie Ann

"A Penguin Life.".

A biography of Elvis Presley, discussing his rise to superstar status in the world of rock-and-roll, and focusing on his struggles to handle his fame.

Shiloh -- The rookers -- Detroit skyline, 1949 -- Offerings -- Still life with watermelon -- Old things -- Drawing names -- The climber -- Residents and transients -- The retreat -- The ocean -- Graveyard Day -- Nancy Culpepper -- Lying doggo -- A new-wave format -- Third Monday.

Vietnam's moral fallout is revealed to "Sam" Hughes, an eighteen-year-old Kentucky girl whose father was killed in the war and whose Uncle Emmett may be suffering from Agent Orange.

Sam Hughes lives in Hopewell, Kentucky with her Uncle Emmett who is a Vietnam veteran. Sam's father was killed in Vietnam and, in an effort to understand about him and the war, she embarks on a pilgrimage with Emmett and her grandmother to the Vietnam Veterans' Memorial, the "Wall", in Washington.

A biography of Elvis Presley, discussing his rise to superstar status in the world of rock-and-roll, and focusing on his struggles to handle his fame.