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Colonel Tom Parker: The Curious Life of Elvis Presley's Eccentric Manager
Revelations abound in this telling biography packed with new information that guarantees it will receive wide attention. Included is evidence that Elvis was not drafted into the Army, but rather entered through a Parker-engineered enlistment. Dickerson also shows that Elvis's well-publicized trip to Washington, DC to visit President Nixon was not a drug-induced display of ...more
Paperback, 288 pages
Published
August 25th 2003
by Cooper Square Publishers
(first published 2001)
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extraordinarily entertaining. corrects dozens of myths about elvis (for instance, he wasn't drafted into the army), and adds some superb facts to the legend (like elvis tried to arrange to tour with james brown, and had graceland painted to glow in the dark), but mostly reveals the colonel to be a monster of epic proportions. a hell of a read.
persuaded me that elvis more than any other individual ended the war in viet nam. i will provide my reasoning to interested partie...more
This book was a very interesting read if your an Elvis fan and have ever wondered about Colonel Tom Parker. Parker is a major player in the career of Elvis almost from the start yet there has never been much written about him. I have been looking for a book on him and found this one that gives a good background on Parker along with how he ran Elvis's career during life and even for a while after death. If your into number this book covers the contracts signed between Elvis, Parker, RCA, and even...more
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