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The book explored Colonel Tom Parker's life through letters and biography, revealing a deeper, more vulnerable character than previously imagined.
His letters were worthy of a book, and now Guralnik has written it. It's called The Colonel and the King.
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Episode: Best Of: Mariska Hargitay / Marc Maron
The book explored Colonel Tom Parker's life through letters and biography, revealing a deeper, more vulnerable character than previously imagined.
His letters were worthy of a book, and now Guralnik has written it. It's called The Colonel and the King.
My guest is Peter Goralnik. His new book is about Elvis Presley's longtime manager, Colonel Tom Parker. The book is called The Colonel and the King.
Peter Guralnik's New book about Colonel Tom Parker Elvis Presley's Longtime manager Is called The Colonel And the King.
Guralnik said researching this book made him question many of his own preconceptions about Parker and led to plenty of surprises.
He wrote it as a twovolume biography, the first half a biography of the colonel and the second a collection of his letters.