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9781595800015

Elvis Presley Passed Here Even More Locations of America's Pop Culture Landmarks

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    9781595800015

  • ISBN10:

    1595800018

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2005-05-01
  • Publisher: Santa Monica Press

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Summary

This amazing portrait of the bizarre, shocking, weird, and wonderful moments that have come to define American popular culture is a follow-up to the critically acclaimedJames Dean Died HereandMarilyn Monroe Dyed Here. A third collection of the locations where the most significant events in American popular culture took place, this offers a fully illustrated encyclopedic look at the most famousand infamouspop culture events, providing historical information on more than 600 landmarks as well as their exact locations. Included in the wacky and fantastic listing of landmarks and events are the Los Angeles park where Elvis Presley and his entourage would organize spirited touch football games against other celebrities, the birthplaces of Coca-Cola and the corn dog, the place where Ben Franklin flew a kite, the hotel where Rob Lowe's scandalous sex tape was filmed, Quentin Tarantino's video store, and the location where Tennessee Williams wroteA Streetcar Named Desire.

Author Biography

Chris Epting is the author of six books, including James Dean Died Here, Marilyn Monroe Dyed Here, and Roadside Baseball. He has created and written many popular commercials and is the head of Surf City Advertising Company. He lives in Huntington Beach, California.

Table of Contents

Introduction 11(4)
Americana: The Weird and the Wonderful
15(42)
Born in the USA
57(46)
History and Tragedy
103(38)
Crime
141(22)
Celebrity Deaths and Infamous Celebrity Events
163(30)
Let There Be Music
193(54)
Movies and TV
247(38)
Art and Literature
285(38)
Appendix: Pop Culture Landmarks by State 323(8)
Acknowledgments 331(1)
Photo Credits 332

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