ASU Book Group: 'Elvis and the Colonel' by Marshall Terrill

The ASU Book Group's November 2024 reading selection is “Elvis and the Colonel: An Insider’s Look at the Most Legendary Partnership in Show Business,” by Marshall Terrill, a reporter for ASU News. The book group is open to all in the ASU community and meets monthly from noon to 1 p.m. with two different options for attendance: either in-person at Hayden Library, room 317* or virtually on Zoom. Register to attend in person or to receive a Zoom link.

In-person attendees are invited to join the author for lunch at the University Club, no host.

Haven't read the book? Come anyway! Authors are always present.

*Note new in-person location for 24-25.

Synopsis

“Elvis and the Colonel: An Insider’s Look at the Most Legendary Partnership in Show Business" is a fresh biography of legendary entertainment manager Colonel Tom Parker, with a contrarian and corrective point of view. Parker, often reviled in his time, led the strategy from the earliest days of Elvis's career. Together, they built the most legendary partnership in show business. Never-before-heard stories of Parker's collaboration with Elvis reveal the man behind the legend and the strategies that made Elvis a commercial groundbreaker.

About the book group

The ASU Book Group meetings and selections for 2024–25 are:

• Dec. - no meeting

• Jan. 30 - “The Nonconformists” by Brian Goodman

• Feb. 27 - "My Heart Is Bound Up with Them” by David Martinez

• Mar. 27 – TBD 

• Apr. 24 – “Mindscape of the Land” by Ryan Mores

The ASU Book Group is sponsored as a community outreach initiative hosted in partnership between the Department of English and ASU Library.