His two-volume biography of Elvis Presley, Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley in 1994, followed by Careless Love: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley in 1999, placed the story of Presley's career into a rise and fall arc. Mona Dickson, writing in MIT's The Tech (May 13, 1964) gave Almost Grown a favorable review. Guralnick's first two books, Almost Grown (1964) and Mister Downchild (1967), were collections of short stories published by the Larry Stark Press, a small press in Cambridge, Massachusetts, devoted to stories and poems. Music critic Nat Hentoff called Guralnick a “…national treasure ” Bob Dylan said Guralnick's book, Last Train to Memphis “…cancels out all others.” He then began writing books about the history of rock'n'roll, blues, country music, and soul music. Guralnick graduated from Boston University in 1971 with a master's degree in creative writing. He specializes in the history of early rock and roll and has written books on Elvis Presley, Sam Phillips, and Sam Cooke. Peter Guralnick (born December 15, 1943, in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American music critic, author, and screenwriter. Boston University College of Arts and Sciences
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