Las Vegas Weddings - A Brief History, Celebrity Gossip, Everything Elvis, and the

Fast, fun, and incredibly well researched, Las Vegas Weddings is the ultimate guide to getting hitched, Elvis style. Covering everything from the rise of the town to legendary star marriages and an entire section devoted to "The King," it even has a chapel guide to help budding young couples plan their own Vegas wedding getaway. Filled with rare photographs and never-before-heard stories, it also includes: Colorful descriptions of the town''s funky stand-alone chapels and the Strip''s swankiest resorts A unique look at Elvis impersonators More than fifty celebrity weddings, from Angelina Jolie and Billy Bob Thorton to Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward Theme weddings, like Star Trek, Camelot, or Elvis''s Blue Hawaii And much, much more

About the author

Susan Marg has made many trips to Las Vegas. After beginning to wonder what stories might be found in the city’s many wedding chapels, she undertook the research that culminated in this book. She lives with her husband, the author James C. Simmons, in Del Mar, California. They did not get married in Vegas, but they are planning a renewal-of-vows ceremony with an Elvis impersonator for their next anniversary.

Product details

• Authors: Susan Marg, Marg Susan
• Publisher: Dey Street Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.11.2004
• EAN: 9780060726195
• ISBN: 978-0-06-072619-5
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 210 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Practical guides; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Entertainment & Performing Arts, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Women, PERFORMING ARTS: Theater / General, ART: Reference, TRAVEL: Reference, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Reference, REFERENCE: Weddings, MUSIC: Reference, TRAVEL: United States / West / Pacific (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA), BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Memoirs