Colonel Tom Parker: : The Curious Life of Elvis Presley's Eccentric Manager

“A rare glimpse into the underbelly of the music biz.”–Los Angeles Daily News

“[A] stunning biography . . . A sad but enlightening, behind-the-scenes look into the life of the King and the man who put him on the throne.”–Nashville Tennessean

“This intriguing, meticulously researched biography of Presley’s Svengali could be a manual of how not to take care of your client . . . Dickerson has painted a rivetinb portrait of an especially unsavory character.”–Billboard

“This jaw-dropping biography . . . is a model of research, assembled with crafty objectivity and humor.”–Hal Kanter, director of the Elvis film Loving You

“Dickerson is tough but fair with his slippery subject . . . This is a well-presented biography of Colonel Tom Parker (1909-1997), who, through gall and cunning, created the ultimate celebrity icon. Recommended.”–Library Journal

“Dickerson has done his homework The wealth of detail that he gathers and lucidly imparts is never less than utterly compelling . . . He skillfully reduces a labyrinthine saga to simple component parts that make it easy to digest [and] impossible to put down.”–Mojo magazine

“Essential Elvisiana. Excellent.”–Booklist

“A rare glimpse into the underbelly of the music biz.”–Los Angeles Daily News

“[A] stunning biography . . . A sad but enlightening, behind-the-scenes look into the life of the King and the man who put him on the throne.”–Nashville Tennessean

“This intriguing, meticulously researched biography of Presley’s Svengali could be a manual of how not to take care of your client . . . Dickerson has painted a rivetinb portrait of an especially unsavory character.”–Billboard

“This jaw-dropping biography . . . is a model of research, assembled with crafty objectivity and humor.”–Hal Kanter, director of the Elvis film Loving You

“Dickerson is tough but fair with his slippery subject . . . This is a well-presented biography of Colonel Tom Parker (1909-1997), who, through gall and cunning, created the ultimate celebrity icon. Recommended.”–Library Journal

“Dickerson has done his homework The wealth of detail that he gathers and lucidly imparts is never less than utterly compelling . . . He skillfully reduces a labyrinthine saga to simple component parts that make it easy to digest [and] impossible to put down.”–Mojo magazine

“Essential Elvisiana. Excellent.”–Booklist

After a career as a journalist for three Pulitzer Prize winning dailies, The Commercial Appeal of Memphis, the Clarion Ledger-Jackson Daily News, and the Delta Democrat-Times of Greenville (MS), he began a career as a full-time author. His book Mojo Triangle: Birthplace of Country, Blues, Jazz and Rock ‘n’ Roll was awarded a first place award from the Independent Publishers Association, and two music-related books, Goin’ Back to Memphis and That’s Alright, Elvis, were finalists for the prestigious Gleason award. He co-wrote two books with Elvis’s first guitarist, Scotty Moore, That’s Alright, Elvis and Scotty & Elvis. Dickerson lives in the Metro Jackson, Mississippi, area. This is his first movie rights sale.