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The Colonel : the extraordinary story of Colonel Tom Parker and Elvis Presley / Alanna Nash.
- Title
- The Colonel : the extraordinary story of Colonel Tom Parker and Elvis Presley / Alanna Nash.
- Author
- Nash, Alanna.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | ML429.P33 N37 2003 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xviii, 394 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
- Summary
- "In The Colonel, Alanna Nash explores in depth the story of Colonel Tom Parker, the man behind the legend and the myth of Elvis Presley. The result is a book that reads like the most riveting of real-life detective stories - one that will completely change your view of Presley's life, success, and death." "Alanna Nash has been covering the story of Elvis Presley and Colonel Tom Parker since the day of Presley's funeral in Memphis, Tennessee. She was the first journalist allowed to view Presley's body, a compelling and surprising sight. But the profile of Parker attending the funeral in a Hawaiian shirt and a baseball cap was even stranger, and led her to investigate the man behind the myth." "Filled with startling new material, her book challenges even the most familiar percepts of the Presley saga - everything we presumed about Parker's handling of the world's most famous entertainer must now be reevaluated in the light of information Nash reveals about Parker, who cared little for Presley beyond what the singer could do to bolster the Colonel's precarious position as an illegal alien."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subjects
- ISBN
- 0743213017
- LCCN
- 2003045538
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries