Elvis Presley In Person – The Florida Tour August ’56 – Erik Lorentzen – Hardback Book – Sealed

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ELVIS PRESLEY IN PERSON – THE FLORIDA TOUR AUGUST ’56

A superb hardback book from Erik Lorentzen and The Elvis Files team, documenting one of the most extraordinary periods of Elvis Presley’s breakthrough year – his legendary Florida tour of August 1956.

During just nine days, Elvis performed an incredible 25 concerts across seven Florida cities, with more than 100,000 fans seeing him perform – an extraordinary achievement for an entertainer at the time.

This lavish 320-page hardback book tells the story of the tour through a huge collection of photographs, contemporary reports and first-hand material. It includes rare and previously unpublished photographs alongside coverage of Elvis on stage, backstage and dealing with the incredible attention that followed him throughout Florida.

The book includes:

All of the concerts from the August 1956 Florida tour

Elvis in his own words

Interviews and press conferences

On-stage and backstage coverage

Contemporary newspaper stories

Memories from fans

Rare and previously unpublished photographs

320 glossy pages

Large-format hardback with dust jacket

English language

Published by KJ Consulting

ISBN: 978-82-690223-2-2

The photography comes from an impressive range of collections and archives, including photographers associated with LIFE Magazine, Alfred Wertheimer, Stan Wayman and others, as well as newspaper and historical archives.

A beautiful and substantial Elvis reference book and a great addition to any serious Elvis collection.

BRAND NEW & FACTORY SEALED.