by Alanna Nash
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Sweet Inspirations, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
“Take Me Home, Country Roads,” ref1
Tamblyn, Russ, ref1
T.A.M.I. Show, The (TV program), ref1
Tamke, Beth, ref1
Tampa, Florida
Hillsborough County Humane Society, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
TP promotions for stores, ref1, ref2
Tate, Sharon, ref1
Taurog, Norman, ref1, ref2
Tedesco, Tommy, ref1
“Teenage Crush,” ref1
Temple, Shirley, ref1
Ten Commandments, The (movie), ref1
Tennessee Plowboys, ref1, ref2
“(There’s) No Room to Rhumba in a Sports Car,” ref1
This Is Your Life, ref1
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Thompson, Charles C. II, ref1
Thompson, Linda, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Thompson, Mary Agnes, ref1
Thorpe, Richard, ref1
Thunder Road (movie), ref1
Tickle Me (movie), ref1
Tie-in advertising, ref1, ref2
Time magazine, ref1
Tom Parker’s Hillbilly Jamboree, ref1
Tracy, Spencer, ref1, ref2
Travers, George W., ref1
“Tribute to Elvis Presley” (Congressional Record), ref1
“True Love,” ref1
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Tubb, Elaine, ref1
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Tubb, Justin, ref1
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Tucker, Hoxie, ref1, ref2
Tupelo, Mississippi, Star-O-Rama Canvas Theater in, ref1
“Tutti Frutti,” ref1
TV Guide, ref1
Twentieth Century–Fox, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Uncle Dudley (Ernest Hackworth), ref1
United Artists, ref1, ref2, ref3
U.S. Army
EP returns from service in, ref1
EP serves in, ref1, ref2
TP desertion from, ref1, ref2, ref3
TP psychiatric confinement, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
TP serves in, ref1, ref2, ref3
U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Upson, Dean, ref1, ref2
U.S.S. Arizona concert, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Valentino, Rudolph, ref1
Vallee, Rudy, ref1
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van den Enden, Johannes, ref1
van den Enden, Wilhelmus “Willem,” ref1, ref2
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van Gurp, Antonius H. W. “Toon,” ref1, ref2
van Kuijk, Ad, Jr. (nephew of TP), ref1
van Kuijk, Adam (father of TP), ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
van Kuijk, Adam Franciscus (Ad; brother of TP), ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8
van Kuijk, Adriana Maria (Sjaan; sister of TP), ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
van Kuijk, Andreas Cornelis (Dries)
alcohol and, ref1
appearance of, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
birth of, ref1, ref2
carnival life, ref1, ref2, ref3
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childhood years, ref1
early jobs, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
early years in Breda, ref1, ref2
education, ref1, ref2
family background, ref1
first trip to the U.S., ref1
generosity, ref1
in Hoboken, New Jersey, ref1
love of fun, ref1
love of hustling, ref1
need to humiliate others, ref1
and opposite sex, ref1, ref2, ref3
possible murder in Breda, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
relationship with father, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
returns to Breda, ref1, ref2
returns to the U.S., ref1
secrecy, ref1, ref2, ref3
See also Parker, Colonel Tom
van Kuijk, Engelina Francina (Lien; sister of TP), ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
van Kuijk, Johanna Huberdina (Anneke; sister of TP), ref1
van Kuijk, Johanna (sister of TP), ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
van Kuijk, Johannes (Jan; brother of TP), ref1, ref2
van Kuijk, Johannes Wilhelmus (brother of TP), ref1
van Kuijk, Josephus Andreas (Joseph/Sjef; brother of TP), ref1, ref2, ref3
van Kuijk, Maria Elisabeth Ponsie (mother of TP), ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9
van Kuijk, Maria Wilhelmina (Marie; sister of TP), ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
van Kuijk, Petronella Johanna (Nel; sister of TP), ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Variety, ref1, ref2
Velare, Curtis, ref1, ref2
Velare, Elmer, ref1, ref2
Velare, Ruby, ref1, ref2
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Warner Brothers, ref1, ref2
Washington Post, The, ref1
“Wear My Ring Around Your Neck,” ref1
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Webb, Jimmy, ref1
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Weisbord, Sam, ref1
Weisman, Ben, ref1, ref2
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Welk, Lawrence, ref1
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Wertheimer, Al, ref1
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West, Mae, ref1
West, Red, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
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Whitmer, Peter, ref1, ref2
Wiggins, Joyce, ref1
Wiggins, Little Roy, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
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Wild One, The (movie), ref1
Wilds, David, ref1
Wilds, Lee Davis “Honey,” ref1
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Willis, Vic, ref1
Willis Brothers, ref1
Winkler, Irwin, ref1
Wiseman, Mac, ref1
Wolf, Steve, ref1
Wolfman Jack, ref1
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Wood, George, ref1
Wood, Natalie, ref1
“Wooden Heart,” ref1
World War II, ref1, ref2, ref3
WSM Artist Service Bureau, ref1
Yates, Steve, ref1
“You Are My Sunshine,” ref1
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Young, Gig, ref1
Zanuck, Darryl, ref1
Zenoff, David, ref1
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Table of Contents
Title page
Dedication
Contents
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
1 THE LITTLE DUTCH BOY
2 BEHAVIOR MOST STRANGE
3 “ALL GREAT NEPTUNE’S OCEAN”
4 MISSING IN ACTION
5 TURNING THE DUKE
6 DANCING CHICKENS, TOOTHLESS LIONS, AND RODEO COWBOYS
7 ONE BORN EVERY MINUTE
8 DEEPER INTO AMERICA
9 NASHVILLE’S NASAL WHINE: JAMUP AND HONEY, EDDY ARNOLD, AND HANK SNOW
10 THE MAN IN THE SHADOWS
11 “ELVIS MAKES PITCHAS”
12 DIRECTIONAL SNOWING
13 FRIENDLY PERSUASION: MOGULS, MILITARY MEN, AND MOBSTERS
14 “MISTAKES SOME-ONE MAY HAVE MADE”
15 TROUBLE IN THE KINGDOM: THE COLONEL TIGHTENS HIS GRIP
16 BLACK LEATHER BLUES: THE ’68 SPECIAL
17 LAS VEGAS: GLITZ, GREED, AND RUINATION
18 GEEK FEVER
19 “WE THINK HE OD’D”: THE DEATH OF ELVIS
20 LIVING TOO LONG: LITIGATION AND LONELINESS
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INDEX
Copyright