Bob Kealing: 3 books
Elvis Ignited
The Rise of an Icon in Florida
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2017
“A persuasive argument that Presley’s “moonshot” to fame could not have happened without Florida. . . . Deftly captures a pre-Interstate Florida where an anonymous Presley would be traveling for grueling hours down every two-laner in the state in his signature automobile.”—Palm Beach Post...
Calling Me Home: Gram Parsons and the Roots of Country Rock
Gram Parsons and the Roots of Country Rock
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2012
On September 19, 1973, Gram Parsons became yet another rock-and-roll casualty in an era of excess, a time when young men wore their dangerous habits like badges of honor. Unfortunately, his many musical accomplishments have been overshadowed by a morbid fascination with his drug overdose in the Joshua...
Life of the Party
The Remarkable Story of How Brownie Wise Built, and Lost, a Tupperware Party Empire
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2016
The incredible story of Brownie Wise, the Southern single mother—and postwar #Girlboss—who built, and lost, a Tupperware home-party empire
Before Mary Kay, Martha Stewart, and Joy Mangano, there was Brownie Wise, the charismatic Tupperware executive who converted postwar optimism into a...