Elvis Presley Boulevard [Paperback]

Mark Winegardner (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Atlantic Monthly; First Edition. states first pb edition (1987)
• ASIN: B000IX2KSE
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)

More About the Author

Mark Winegardner was born and raised in Bryan, Ohio, near Exit 2, a town of 8,000 which supplies the world with its Dum-Dum suckers and Etch-a-Sketches. His parents owned an RV dealership there, and every summer he traveled with his family across the USA in various travel trailers and motorhomes. By the time he was 15, he had been in all 48 contiguous states. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude from Miami University and went on to receive a master of fine arts degree in fiction writing from George Mason University. He published his first book at age 26, while still in graduate school. He has taught at Miami, George Mason, George Washington, and John Carroll Universities, and is now a professor in the creative writing program at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida.

Winegardner has won grants, fellowships and residencies from the Ohio Arts Council, the Lilly Endowment, the Ragdale Foundation, the Sewanee Writers Conference and the Corporation of Yaddo. His books have been chosen as among the best of the year by the New York Times Book Review, Chicago Sun-Times, Los Angeles Times, the New York Public Library, and USA Today. His work has appeared in GQ, Playboy, Ploughshares, TriQuarterly, DoubleTake, Family Circle, The Sporting News, Witness, Story Quarterly, American Short Fiction, Ladies Home Journal, Parents and The New York Times Magazine. Several of his stories have been chosen as Distinguished Stories of the Year in The Best American Short Stories.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting first book, March 1, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Elvis Presley Boulevard: From Sea to Shining Sea, Almost (Traveler) (Paperback)

Winegardner's later, amazing novels--The Veracruz Blues and Crooked River Burning--are the places to start reading this first-rate American writer. But this book really does give an intriguing taste of what this writer will do later. A smart, seminal American road trip, written with heart and verve.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars intriguing, November 1, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Elvis Presley Boulevard: From Sea to Shining Sea, Almost (Traveler) (Paperback)

Winegardner seems destined to become one of the best writers of his generation, at least judging from his stellar short stories and in particular the masterful novel CROOKED RIVER BURNING. His sequel to THE GODFATHER will break him out to a huge audience. This book is an interesting insight into the beginnings of a major talent. The fiction is more mature work, yes, but this book is certainly a lot of fun.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great to read, June 16, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Elvis Presley Boulevard: From Sea to Shining Sea, Almost (Traveler) (Paperback)

I found 'Elvis Presley Boulevard' a wonderful read. I'll have to admit that it's no 'Blue Highways' or 'Lost Continent', but the book is full of great dialogues, is often very funny and hard to put away.