Includes never before seen photos

ELVIS-STRAIGHT UP, volume one in a series, dares to explore and explain in frank, "straight up" terms, many of the unanswered questions and half-truths that have dogged the legend of the most well-known and influential entertainer of all time.

In ELVIS-STRAIGHT UP, Joe Esposito unveils the backstage truth on such topics as:

• The "bodyguard book", ELVIS: WHAT HAPPENED?
• Elvis's marriage and divorce with Priscilla
• Elvis's ill-fated franchise venture, "Presley Center Courts"
• The reason why Elvis never toured overseas
• His enigmatic manager, Colonel Tom Parker
• Elvis's last night alive...and the following day
• What made Elvis tick in the recording studio and on stage
• The controversial relationship between Elvis and his physician "Dr. Nick"
• Esposito's retrospective "open letter" statement to the "Memphis Mafia" and much more