Last Train to Memphis

by Peter Guralnick

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  DISCOGRAPHIES, SONG AND RECORD GUIDES

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  BOOKS OF MORE GENERAL INTEREST

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  Biles, Roger. Memphis in the Great Depression. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1986.

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  ——. Elvis: The Last 24 Hours. New York: St. Martin’s Paperbacks, 1991.

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