At last, a true Elvis Presley item. This book - more of a booklet, what with there only being 64 pages - was originally published in 1970, and has since entered Elvis folklore for reasons which will shortly become clear. Unfortunately for me, what you see here is only a 1981 reprint, although it's still a relatively scarce publication.
So why is it so revered? Well, you may remember that when Elvis died Albert Goldman kicked up quite a stink with his revelation that Colonel Parker was in reality a Dutchman called Andre Van Kuyk. Whilst this is now common knowledge, back then just after Elvis died, this was akin to finding out that the Pope was married and had six kids. It was huge.
And then somebody pointed out that, hold on a minute, this is nothing new. There's this guy in Holland called Hans Langbroek, who put that same information in a book seven years before Elvis died. And if you look on page 23, in a chapter called "The Great Snowman - Thomas Andrew Parker", there it is, all matter of fact and nothing much to get excited about.
Although now considered to be worth having mainly for it's novelty value, this is a tiny bit of Elvis history. If you ever see it, and the price is right, snap it up.
