Elvis Presley : A Southern Life.
Williamson, Joel.
Elvis Presley : A Southern Life. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (409 pages)
Cover -- ELVIS PRESLEY: A SOUTHERN LIFE -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD: TED OWNBY -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ELVIS PRESLEY -- INTRODUCTION: THE DEATH OF ELVIS -- DR. "NICK" NICHOPOULOS -- BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL -- THE COVER-UP -- WHAT KILLED ELVIS -- DR. NICK ON TRIAL -- DAVID BRINKLEY ON THE NIGHTLY NEWS , AUGUST 16, 1977 -- THE WOMAN AT THE GATE-"A HEART OF GOLD" -- PART I: THE BUBBLE -- CHAPTER ONE: THE DREAM -- THE SHELL -- FINDING THE AUDIENCE -- ON THE ROAD -- FORBIDDEN FRUIT -- "ELVIS" MEANS MONEY -- THE BUBBLE -- ELVIS OUTSIDE THE SOUTH AND EVERYWHERE -- "I HOPE I NEVER WAKE UP" -- CHAPTER TWO: KILLERS OF THE DREAM -- THE PRESS -- SOMETHING HAD TO BE DONE -- TELEVISION AND FILM-BURSTING THE BUBBLE -- TELEVISION -- KILLING OFF THE FIRST ELVIS -- THE NEW ELVIS -- CREATING THE "GOOD ELVIS" -- THE NEW ELVIS IN PERSON -- COLONEL PARKER -- THE ARMY -- PART II: WHY ELVIS? -- CHAPTER THREE: VERNON AND GLADYS -- THE PHOTOGRAPH -- THE CRIME -- LOWER-CLASS CRIME IN THE GREAT DEPRESSION -- PARCHMAN FARM -- VERNON IN PARCHMAN -- ELVIS AND GLADYS AT PARCHMAN -- CAMP 5 -- THE ASSEMBLY OF GOD -- GETTING VERNON OUT OF PARCHMAN -- SENTENCE SUSPENDED -- ON BECOMING A BOY -- CHAPTER FOUR: EAST TUPELO AND TUPELO -- THE WAR -- ELVIS IN SHCOOL -- A BAD YEAR-1946 -- TUPELO PROPER -- SUNDAYS -- 1010 NORTH GREEN -- THE PRESLEYS RECOVER -- CHAPTER FIVE: MEMPHIS -- ROAMING LOVERS -- GETTING INTO LAUDERDALE COURTS -- HUMES HIGH -- LIVING IN THE COURTS -- GLADYS-TROUBLE IN MIND -- SENIOR YEAR -- JOBS -- CHAPTER SIX: DIXIE LOCKE AND SAMPHILLIPS -- DIXIE LOCKE -- DIXIE -- CROWN ELECTRIC -- SAM PHILLIPS -- MARION KEISKER -- SUN RECORDS -- THE VERY FIRST ELVIS RECORD -- THE STARLITE WRANGLERS -- IS THIS THE RIGHT PLACE? -- SAM'S FIRST ELVIS RECORD -- CHAPTER SEVEN -- A GIRL IN THE BED -- THE LOSS OF DIXIE -- PARADOX -- THE DEATH OF GLADYS. EUROPE -- THE ELVISIAN UNIVERSE -- THE GIRLS IN GERMANY -- THE OTHER GIRLS -- THE SINS OF THE FATHER -- BACK TO ELISABETH -- ANITA WOOD -- PRISCILLA: THE FEMININE ELVIS -- SEX GAMES AT GRACELAND -- THE MOVIES -- PART III: COMEBACK AND DIE -- CHAPTER EIGHT: THE COMEBACK SPECIAL -- CAST AND CREW -- THE COMEBACK SPECIAL AS A LIBERAL CRUSADE -- NOT ONE BIG HAPPY FAMILY -- FREE AT LAST -- COLONEL PARKER RE-CREATES THE ELVIS VENUE -- LAS VEGAS -- TOURING -- FINANCES -- TOURS AND SHOWROOMS -- CREATING THE IMAGE -- ON TOUR: THE THIRD ELVIS -- CHAPTER NINE: GIRLS AND GUNS -- PRISCILLA -- TWO VIRGINS AND BARBARA LEIGH -- DEATH THREAT -- KATHY WESTMORELAND -- BADGES, GUNS, AND POLICEMEN -- RICHARD NIXON -- HOMECOMING -- THE BEST MEN -- TALES OF BOCCACCIO -- ALL FALL DOWN -- THE GIRLS ARE GONE -- LINDA THOMPSON -- THE GIRLS WHO CAME AND WENT -- SHEILA LEAVES -- THE KATHY BLOW-UP -- BLUE CHRISTMAS -- PART IV: THE FALL -- CHAPTER TEN: THE BODYGUARD BOOK -- PHYSICAL ASSAULTS AND LEGAL SUITS -- THE FIRINGS -- ELVIS'S RESPONSE -- THIS IS ELVIS -- THE BOOK -- ELVIS WEPT -- LARRY GELLER AND EASTERN THOUGHT -- CHAPTER ELEVEN: SAVED -- COURTSHIP -- ENGAGED -- THE WEDDING PLAN -- THE TROUBLE WITH GINGER -- ALICIA -- BILLY SMITH -- LISA MARIE'S LAST VISIT -- THE LAST TOUR -- DYING DAY -- THE LAST NIGHT -- MORNING -- THE BODY -- WHY ELVIS DIED -- THE WILL. -- EPILOGUE: THE MEDITATION GARDEN -- OMAHA -- BIBLIOGRAPHIC ESSAY -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I: THE BUBBLE -- CHAPTER ONE: THE DREAM -- CHAPTER TWO: KILLERS OF THE DREAM -- PART II: WHY ELVIS? -- CHAPTER THREE: VERNON AND GLADYS -- CHAPTER FOUR: EAST TUPELO AND TUPELO -- CHAPTER FIVE: MEMPHIS -- CHAPTER SIX: DIXIE LOCKE AND SAM PHILLIPS -- CHAPTER SEVEN: A GIRL IN THE BED -- PART III: COMEBACK AND DIE -- CHAPTER EIGHT: THE COMEBACK SPECIAL -- CHAPTER NINE: GIRLS AND GUNS -- PART IV: THE FALL. CHAPTER TEN: THE BODYGUARD BOOK -- CHAPTER ELEVEN: SAVED -- EPILOGUE -- OTHER SELECTED SOURECES -- INDEX.
An eminent Southern biographer interprets one of the most famous Southern icons of popular culture.
9780199863181
Presley, Elvis, -- 1935-1977.
Rock musicians -- United States -- Biography.
Electronic books.
ML420.P96 -- .W59 2015eb
782.42166092 B
Elvis Presley : A Southern Life. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (409 pages)
Cover -- ELVIS PRESLEY: A SOUTHERN LIFE -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD: TED OWNBY -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ELVIS PRESLEY -- INTRODUCTION: THE DEATH OF ELVIS -- DR. "NICK" NICHOPOULOS -- BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL -- THE COVER-UP -- WHAT KILLED ELVIS -- DR. NICK ON TRIAL -- DAVID BRINKLEY ON THE NIGHTLY NEWS , AUGUST 16, 1977 -- THE WOMAN AT THE GATE-"A HEART OF GOLD" -- PART I: THE BUBBLE -- CHAPTER ONE: THE DREAM -- THE SHELL -- FINDING THE AUDIENCE -- ON THE ROAD -- FORBIDDEN FRUIT -- "ELVIS" MEANS MONEY -- THE BUBBLE -- ELVIS OUTSIDE THE SOUTH AND EVERYWHERE -- "I HOPE I NEVER WAKE UP" -- CHAPTER TWO: KILLERS OF THE DREAM -- THE PRESS -- SOMETHING HAD TO BE DONE -- TELEVISION AND FILM-BURSTING THE BUBBLE -- TELEVISION -- KILLING OFF THE FIRST ELVIS -- THE NEW ELVIS -- CREATING THE "GOOD ELVIS" -- THE NEW ELVIS IN PERSON -- COLONEL PARKER -- THE ARMY -- PART II: WHY ELVIS? -- CHAPTER THREE: VERNON AND GLADYS -- THE PHOTOGRAPH -- THE CRIME -- LOWER-CLASS CRIME IN THE GREAT DEPRESSION -- PARCHMAN FARM -- VERNON IN PARCHMAN -- ELVIS AND GLADYS AT PARCHMAN -- CAMP 5 -- THE ASSEMBLY OF GOD -- GETTING VERNON OUT OF PARCHMAN -- SENTENCE SUSPENDED -- ON BECOMING A BOY -- CHAPTER FOUR: EAST TUPELO AND TUPELO -- THE WAR -- ELVIS IN SHCOOL -- A BAD YEAR-1946 -- TUPELO PROPER -- SUNDAYS -- 1010 NORTH GREEN -- THE PRESLEYS RECOVER -- CHAPTER FIVE: MEMPHIS -- ROAMING LOVERS -- GETTING INTO LAUDERDALE COURTS -- HUMES HIGH -- LIVING IN THE COURTS -- GLADYS-TROUBLE IN MIND -- SENIOR YEAR -- JOBS -- CHAPTER SIX: DIXIE LOCKE AND SAMPHILLIPS -- DIXIE LOCKE -- DIXIE -- CROWN ELECTRIC -- SAM PHILLIPS -- MARION KEISKER -- SUN RECORDS -- THE VERY FIRST ELVIS RECORD -- THE STARLITE WRANGLERS -- IS THIS THE RIGHT PLACE? -- SAM'S FIRST ELVIS RECORD -- CHAPTER SEVEN -- A GIRL IN THE BED -- THE LOSS OF DIXIE -- PARADOX -- THE DEATH OF GLADYS. EUROPE -- THE ELVISIAN UNIVERSE -- THE GIRLS IN GERMANY -- THE OTHER GIRLS -- THE SINS OF THE FATHER -- BACK TO ELISABETH -- ANITA WOOD -- PRISCILLA: THE FEMININE ELVIS -- SEX GAMES AT GRACELAND -- THE MOVIES -- PART III: COMEBACK AND DIE -- CHAPTER EIGHT: THE COMEBACK SPECIAL -- CAST AND CREW -- THE COMEBACK SPECIAL AS A LIBERAL CRUSADE -- NOT ONE BIG HAPPY FAMILY -- FREE AT LAST -- COLONEL PARKER RE-CREATES THE ELVIS VENUE -- LAS VEGAS -- TOURING -- FINANCES -- TOURS AND SHOWROOMS -- CREATING THE IMAGE -- ON TOUR: THE THIRD ELVIS -- CHAPTER NINE: GIRLS AND GUNS -- PRISCILLA -- TWO VIRGINS AND BARBARA LEIGH -- DEATH THREAT -- KATHY WESTMORELAND -- BADGES, GUNS, AND POLICEMEN -- RICHARD NIXON -- HOMECOMING -- THE BEST MEN -- TALES OF BOCCACCIO -- ALL FALL DOWN -- THE GIRLS ARE GONE -- LINDA THOMPSON -- THE GIRLS WHO CAME AND WENT -- SHEILA LEAVES -- THE KATHY BLOW-UP -- BLUE CHRISTMAS -- PART IV: THE FALL -- CHAPTER TEN: THE BODYGUARD BOOK -- PHYSICAL ASSAULTS AND LEGAL SUITS -- THE FIRINGS -- ELVIS'S RESPONSE -- THIS IS ELVIS -- THE BOOK -- ELVIS WEPT -- LARRY GELLER AND EASTERN THOUGHT -- CHAPTER ELEVEN: SAVED -- COURTSHIP -- ENGAGED -- THE WEDDING PLAN -- THE TROUBLE WITH GINGER -- ALICIA -- BILLY SMITH -- LISA MARIE'S LAST VISIT -- THE LAST TOUR -- DYING DAY -- THE LAST NIGHT -- MORNING -- THE BODY -- WHY ELVIS DIED -- THE WILL. -- EPILOGUE: THE MEDITATION GARDEN -- OMAHA -- BIBLIOGRAPHIC ESSAY -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I: THE BUBBLE -- CHAPTER ONE: THE DREAM -- CHAPTER TWO: KILLERS OF THE DREAM -- PART II: WHY ELVIS? -- CHAPTER THREE: VERNON AND GLADYS -- CHAPTER FOUR: EAST TUPELO AND TUPELO -- CHAPTER FIVE: MEMPHIS -- CHAPTER SIX: DIXIE LOCKE AND SAM PHILLIPS -- CHAPTER SEVEN: A GIRL IN THE BED -- PART III: COMEBACK AND DIE -- CHAPTER EIGHT: THE COMEBACK SPECIAL -- CHAPTER NINE: GIRLS AND GUNS -- PART IV: THE FALL. CHAPTER TEN: THE BODYGUARD BOOK -- CHAPTER ELEVEN: SAVED -- EPILOGUE -- OTHER SELECTED SOURECES -- INDEX.
An eminent Southern biographer interprets one of the most famous Southern icons of popular culture.
9780199863181
Presley, Elvis, -- 1935-1977.
Rock musicians -- United States -- Biography.
Electronic books.
ML420.P96 -- .W59 2015eb
782.42166092 B