{"id":151159,"date":"2025-08-14T07:15:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T12:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=151159"},"modified":"2025-08-13T20:05:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T01:05:07","slug":"square-books-presents-peter-guralnick-in-conversation-with-ace-atkins-for-the-colonel-and-the-king-monday-august-18-2025-at-530pm-off-square-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/square-books-presents-peter-guralnick-in-conversation-with-ace-atkins-for-the-colonel-and-the-king-monday-august-18-2025-at-530pm-off-square-books\/","title":{"rendered":"Square Books Presents Peter Guralnick in conversation with Ace Atkins for “The Colonel and the King” Monday, August 18, 2025 at 5:30pm @ Off Square Books"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Esteemed Elvis Presley<\/strong> biographer and music historian Peter Guralnick<\/strong> for The Colonel and the King<\/em>, a groundbreaking dual portrait of the relationship between Elvis Presley and his legendary manager, Colonel Tom Parker<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About the book<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

From the award-winning biographer of Elvis Presley, comes a groundbreaking dual portrait of the relationship between the iconic artist and his legendary manager, Colonel Tom Parker, drawing on a wealth of Parker’s never-before-seen correspondence to reveal that this oft-reviled figure was in fact a confidant, friend, and architect of his client’s success. Featuring troves of never-before-seen correspondence from the Colonel\u2019s own archives, revelatory both for their insights and\u2014particularly with respect to Elvis\u2014their emotional depth, The Colonel and the King<\/em> provides a unique perspective on not one but two American originals. A tale of the birth of the modern-day superstar (an invention almost entirely of Parker\u2019s making) by the most acclaimed music writer of his generation, it presents these two misunderstood icons as they\u2019ve never been seen before: with all of their brilliance, humor, and flaws on full display.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Peter Guralnick<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

About the author<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Peter Guralnick\u2019s books include the prize-winning two-volume biography of Elvis Presley, Last Train to
Memphis<\/em> and Careless Love<\/em>; an acclaimed trilogy on American roots music, Feel Like Going Home, Lost
Highway<\/em>, and Sweet Soul Music<\/em>; the biographical inquiry Searching for Robert Johnson<\/em>; and Dream
Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guralnick won a Grammy <\/strong>for his liner notes for Sam Cooke<\/strong> Live at the Harlem Square Club<\/em>, wrote and
co-produced the documentary Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock \u2018n\u2019 Roll<\/em>, as well as writing the
scripts for the Grammy-winning documentary Sam Cooke\/Legend<\/em> and Martin Scorsese<\/strong>\u2019s Blues<\/strong>
documentary Feel Like Going Home<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

His 2015 book Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock \u2019n\u2019 Roll<\/em> was a finalist for the Plutarch Award for Best Biography of the Year, awarded by the Biographers International Organization. His most recent book is Looking to Get Lost: Adventures in Music and Writing<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About the conversation partner<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Ace Atkins is an award-winning, New York Times<\/em> bestselling author of more than thirty novels and
numerous short stories. A former college football player and newspaper reporter, he\u2019s a recent recipient of
the Richard Wright Award for excellence in Southern Literature and a member of the Alabama Writers
Hall of Fame<\/strong>. He lives with his wife Angela<\/strong> and two children in Oxford, Mississippi<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Colonel and the King<\/em>
by Peter Guralnick
$38.00
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
ISBN: 9780316399449<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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