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Elvis Presley : a southern life /
In 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 hal...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
[2015]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- 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 shcool.
- A 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 germany.
- The 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 nixon.
- Homecomingthe 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.