The Colonel: The Extraordinary Story of Colonel Tom Parker and Elvis Presley - Alanna Nash
Category: Autobiography & Biographies
Narrator: Gibson Frazier
Tags: Autobiography & Biographies, True Crime
In The Colonel, Alanna Nash, the author of Golden Girl: The Story of Jessica Savitch, explores in depth the amazing story of Colonel Tom Parker, the man behind the legend and the myth of Elvis Presley. The result is like the most riveting of real-life detective stories - one that will completely change your view of Presleys life, success, and death., While scores of books have been written about Elvis Presley, this is the first meticulously researched biography of Tom Parker written by someone who knew him personally. And for anyone truly interested in the performer many consider the greatest and most influential of the 20th century, it is impossible to understand how Elvis came to be such a phenomenon without examining the life and mind of Parker, the man who virtually controlled Elvis every move., Alanna Nash has been covering the story of Elvis Presley and Colonel Tom Parker since the day of Presleys funeral in Memphis, Tennessee. She was the first journalist allowed to view Presley
