This book is a reprint of Alan Hanson's first book from 2007.

The text of this new edition is the same as the original release, with only a few errors corrected. However a big difference is that this reprint includes many more photographs from Pal Granlund's collection, increasing the number from 19 to over 300 pictures - many rare and unpublished.

In 1957, Elvis Aron Presley was still a one-man phenomenon with six titles on the charts, one movie to his credit, and two movies soon to follow. But while he pursued his dream of becoming a Hollywood actor, the military draft threatened to shatter it along with his wildly successful rock 'n' roll career. Elvis couldn't resist the excitement he found performing on stage before swarms of shrieking teenage girls, and in that final year before he entered the U.S. Army, he went back on the road for three short tours.

Elvis '57 - The Final 50s Tours recalls that magical year when Elvis played to audiences a quarter of a million people strong, and controversy and pandemonium accompanied him wherever he went.

Alan Hanson takes us for a rollicking ride through eighteen major cities in the United States and Canada. Elvis wore his famed gold lame suit and thirteen girls fainted in an effort to reach him. In Vancouver, British Columbia, thousands left their seats and rushed the stage, forcing him to abruptly end the show.

Drawing on first-hand accounts from the disc-jockeys on the front lines of Elvis' exploding career and fans who attended the '57 concerts, Hanson sweeps you back to the years that forever changed the King of Rock 'n' Roll.