Elvis and Gladys (Record no. 19936)
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| fixed length control field | 01901nam a2200157 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781578066346 |
| 024 ## - OTHER STANDARD IDENTIFIER | |
| Standard number or code | 53059433 |
| 050 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | ML420.P96 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 782.4216609 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Elaine Dundy |
| 245 1# - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Elvis and Gladys |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Univ. Press of Mississippi |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 350 pages |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Who on the planet doesn't know that Elvis Presley gave electrifying performances and enthralled millions? Who doesn't know that he was the King of Rock 'n' Roll? But who knows that the King himself lived in the thrall of one dominant person? This was Gladys Smith Presley, his protective, indulgent, beloved mother. Elvis and Gladys, one of the best researched and most acclaimed books on Elvis's early life, reconstructs the extraordinary role Gladys played in her son's formative years. Uncovering facts not seen by other biographers, Elvis and Gladys reconstructs for the first time the history of the mother and son's devoted relationship and reveals new information about Elvis--his Cherokee ancestry, his boyhood obsession with comic books, and his early compulsion to rescue his family from poverty. Coming to life in the compelling narrative is the poignant story of a unique boy and the maternal tie that bound him. It is at once an intimate psychological portrait of a tragic relationship and a mesmerizing tale of the early years of an international idol. "For once, a legend is presented to us by the mind and heart of a literate, careful biographer who cares," wrote Liz Smith in the New York Daily News when Elvis and Gladys was originally published in 1985. This is the book, Smith says, "for any Elvis lover who wants to know more about what made Presley the man he was and the mama's boy he became." The Boston Globe called this thoughtful, informative biography of one of popular music's most enduring stars "nothing less than the best Elvis book yet." |
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| Lake Chapala Society | Lake Chapala Society | 07/17/2024 | TP DUND | 68552 | 07/17/2024 | 1 | 07/17/2024 | Book |