The Colonel And The King by Peter Guralnick
A sympathetic yet unsparing narrative of Elvis Presley's ascent and the fraught partnership with his manager, Colonel Tom Parker, tracing how Parker's cunning promotional instincts, immigrant past, and controlling tactics propelled a provincial singer into global stardom while compromising artistic potential and personal freedom; built on exhaustive research and interviews, it illuminates the mutual dependency, moral ambiguities, legal entanglements, and cultural forces that both made and ultimately complicated one of the 20th century's most iconic entertainment stories.
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- Published
- 2025
- Nationality
- American
- Length
- Long
- Pages
- 624
- Original Language
- English
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