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Elvis Presley and Colonel Tom Parker were associated in the public mind like Laurel and Hardy, although a more . Vellenga is a Dutch journalist; Farren, an American, is a freelance writer

Elvis Presley and Colonel Tom Parker were associated in the public mind like Laurel and Hardy, although a more accurate pairing would have been Svengali and Trilby, as the authors demonstrate. Intriguingly, the colonel, who projected an image as American as apple pie, was foreign - born (in 1909): a Dutchman named Andreas van Kuijk, he served in the . peacetime army but never became a citizen. Vellenga is a Dutch journalist; Farren, an American, is a freelance writer. From Library Journal.

Elvis And The Colonel book. Who was the man behind Elvis? He claimed to be a West Virginia native called Colonel Tom Parker, who in fact was an illegal immigrant from Holland

Elvis And The Colonel book. Who was the man behind Elvis? He claimed to be a West Virginia native called Colonel Tom Parker, who in fact was an illegal immigrant from Holland. Here is the shocking, true story of the man who created, exploited, and some say, destroyed Elvis Presley. 16 pages of photos, many never before published.

Elvis and the colonel. by. Vellenga, Dirk; Farren, Mick. Books for People with Print Disabilities. Internet Archive Books. Uploaded by AltheaB on October 18, 2012.

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Presley was treated like a money-making machine, kept isolated from friends, and well supplied with drugs.

In characteristic fashion, Parker elbowed out that partner as he signed Elvis; the rest is history-but not the accepted variety, for Vellenga disputes the usual image of Parker as a managerial genius to depict him as . .

In characteristic fashion, Parker elbowed out that partner as he signed Elvis; the rest is history-but not the accepted variety, for Vellenga disputes the usual image of Parker as a managerial genius to depict him as a gambling-obsessed megalomaniac who treated his employees, including Elvis, like chattel and whose perpetual lunge for the easy buck ruined Elvis' career. In this acidic biography, Dutch er Vallenga clips Col. Tom Parker of his eagle's wings to reveal a parasitical huckster who sucked life and money from the King of rock-and-roll. "The old man is sitting on his patio,"" begins Vellanga. Each month we recycle over . million books, saving over 12,500 tonnes of books a year from going straight into landfill sites. All of our paper waste is recycled and turned into corrugated cardboard. Read full description. Elvis and The Colonel by Dirk Vellenga Mick Farren.

And for anyone truly interested in the performer many consider the greatest and most influential of the twentieth 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's every move.