The greatest Southern storyteller of our time, New York Times bestselling author Rick Bragg, tracks down the greatest rock and roller of all time, Jerry Lee Lewis--and gets his own story, from the source, for the very first time.

A monumental figure on the American landscape, Jerry Lee Lewis spent his childhood raising hell in Ferriday, Louisiana, and Natchez, Mississippi; galvanized the world with hit records like -Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On- and -Great Balls of Fire, - that gave rock and roll its devil's edge; caused riots and boycotts with his incendiary performances;...