Elvis Presley's Travel Bookcase

The Bendigo Art Gallery is presenting from Graceland, various costumes, vintage memorabilia, and personal effects of Elvis Presley. The exhibit runs from 19 March to 17 July 2022.

Who would have thought that the King of Rock and Roll owned not only a bookcase, but a Travel Bookcase!

 “This bookcase was found on Elvis’s private plane, the ‘Lisa Marie’ by the Graceland Archivists. He used this case to transport books while touring. Elvis was a reader of eclectic materials, but with particular interests in spirituality, politics, and history. ‘The Prophet’, the classic 1923 volume of poetic writing by Lebanese-American author Kahlil Gibran, was one of Elvis’s favourite texts which he gifted to many friends. Elvis’s passion for spiritual and philosophical explorations was encouraged by Larry Geller, his personal hairdresser and confidence during the 19602 and 1970s, sometimes creating tensions within the Graceland entourage."