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.