{"product_id":"alfred-wertheimer-elvis-and-the-robert-santelli-9783836597081","title":"Alfred Wertheimer. Elvis and the Birth of Rock and Roll","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Elvis who?\" was photographer Alfred Wertheimer's response when, in early 1956, RCA Victor asked him to photograph an up-and-coming crooner from Memphis. Little did Wertheimer know that this would be the job of his life: just 21 years old, Elvis Presley was--as we now know--about to become a legend.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA fly on the wall in Presley's presence, Wertheimer took nearly 3,000 photographs of Elvis that year, creating a penetrating portrait of a man poised on the brink of superstardom. Extraordinary in its intimacy and scope, Wertheimer's Elvis project immortalized a young man in the very process of making history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElvis and the Birth of Rock and Roll collects Wertheimer's most remarkable Elvis shots from that magical year, along with a selection of his historic 1958 pictures of the star being shipped off to an army base in Germany. Each chapter is illustrated with a poster by Hatch Show Print, one of the oldest letterpress print shops in America, which created many early Elvis posters in the 1950s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Santelli\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 383659708X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783836597081\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Taschen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/26\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Robert Santelli","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48520271757567,"sku":"9783836597081","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ba6b33d7-5229-49b6-b14a-c065d201fcd1.jpg?v=1778741761","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/alfred-wertheimer-elvis-and-the-robert-santelli-9783836597081","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}