05325nam 2200649 450 991045983690332120200520144314.00-19-931494-20-19-986318-0(CKB)3710000000238188(EBL)1784102(OCoLC)890981590(SSID)ssj0001332805(PQKBManifestationID)12575599(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001332805(PQKBWorkID)11377216(PQKB)11646782(MiAaPQ)EBC1784102(Au-PeEL)EBL1784102(CaPaEBR)ebr10930219(CaONFJC)MIL646650(EXLCZ)99371000000023818820140916h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrElvis Presley a southern life /Joel Williamson ; with Donald L. Shaw ; foreword by Ted OwnbyNew York :Oxford University Press,2015.©20151 online resource (393 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-322-15395-7 0-19-986317-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 DREAMTHE 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 SHCOOLA BAD YEAR-1946TUPELO 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 GERMANYTHE OTHER GIRLSTHE 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 NIXONHOMECOMINGTHE 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 GARDENIn Elvis Presley: A Southern Life, one of the most admired Southern historians of our time takes on one of the greatest cultural icons of all time. The result is a masterpiece: a vivid, gripping biography, set against the rich backdrop of Southern society--indeed, American society--in the second half of the twentieth century. Author of The Crucible of Race and William Faulkner and Southern History, Joel Williamson is a renowned historian known for his inimitable and compelling narrative style. In this tour de force biography, he captures the drama of Presley''s career set against the popular cRock musiciansUnited StatesBiographyElectronic books.Rock musicians782.42166092Williamson Joel920091Shaw Donald LewisOwnby TedMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910459836903321Elvis Presley2138948UNINA