Elvis Presley did not sign this copy of the Book of Mormon. 7 He returned to Graceland from touring at the end of June 1977, and his 9-year-old daughter, Lisa Marie, arrived on July 31. It has since become eagerly sought after by Elvis fans. This specific ISBN edition is currently not all copies of this ISBN edition: "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. 14 Collectively, the differences add up to a clear determination of a forged signature. Underlining Alma's warning to his sexually promiscuous son Corianton about unpardonable sins (Alma 39:6), the forger dialed up two cursive I's to write the book's longest annotation: "I could never deny that which I know in my heart to be true. " Document R-013 re Elvis-Nixon meeting, White House Central Files: Subject Files: EX HE 5-1, Nixon Presidential Materials Staff, National Archives and Records Administration. Though clearly a victim of the forger, Alan quickly recognized the strength of the evidence and said, "The Church is true, and it doesn't need Elvis's name. 9 And he was preparing to leave on tour on August 16, which involved "many hours and days of planning and coordination. " In the midst of hosting his daughter, worrying about the exposé, and planning for his upcoming tour, did Elvis receive a copy of the Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, and Pearl of Great Price from Cricket Coulter? As for what book Elvis was reading the moment that he died, it was A Scientific Search for the Face of Jesus by Frank O Adams.
She attended 533 of his concerts, and appeared as an uncredited fan in his 1970 documentary Elvis: That's the Way It Is. The first page of the Book of Mormon contains the forged signature "E. A. Presley. Music industry autograph authenticator and collector Roger Epperson provided the most thorough history of Presley's handwriting in a two-part series for Autograph Collector magazine, subtitled "The Story of Elvis' Autograph through Every Loop and Turn. " He was also inducted into five music halls of frame and in 1987, ten years after his death, he received the American Music Awards Award of Merit. A woman in the audience once handed Elvis a crown saying, You're the King. When Elvis passed, "The Scientific Search for the Face of Jesus" by Frank O. Adams was on his reading chair. "11 Nevertheless, to the careful observer, there are "some consistencies"12 in Elvis's autograph that can be used to establish that Elvis Presley did not sign the Book of Mormon in the Church History Library. Book Description paperback.
It is very unlikely. Elvis was known for his introduction of Rockabilly music styles to the greater culture shocking the nation with his hip-shaking and gyrations. "15 The most famous sample is a six-page letter penned to President Richard M. Nixon on December 21, 1970, that Elvis signed on multiple pages. You can download the paper by clicking the button above. White, "Collector's Guide to Elvis. Happy Birthday to Elvis Presley (b. January 8, 1935). If this imagined Elvis had a premonition of his own imminent death, he also found hope for the future in the most widely quoted forged annotation—beneath an underlined warning from Mormon that "awful is the wickedness to suppose that God saveth one child because of baptism" (Moroni 8:15), the forger wrote, "My Lisa needs this church.
In contrast to Elvis's known practice of emphasizing the printed text, the forged annotations in the Book of Mormon present a dialogue-like engagement with and extension of the text in a way that appears forced at best and tongue-in-cheek at worst. We want to put closure on this. Elvis and Olive talked by phone about his mother and the purpose of life, and his sudden death preempted a barbeque he had scheduled with the family. Before his music career Elvis Presley was a volunteer at his high school library at L. C. Humes High School in Memphis. This story appeared in the March/April 2020 issue of LDS Living. Seller Inventory # 52GZZZ00CGW5_ns.
From the Collection: Turner, Gladys Davis (Person). 18 Whereas Elvis's authentic handwriting is rough script or squared print, the forged script annotations are so smooth, so "mature, " and so legible that they are clearly a forgery. However, the fabric was radiocarbon dated in 1988 and discovered to have originated in the Middle Ages between 1260 and 1390. No, honey, Elvis replied. In one version, Vernon Presley didn't want Elvis's interest in the Church to be known, so he slipped the book out of the house and into her custody. A photograph of Elvis's inscription about his mother is reproduced in Martin Beckford, "Elvis Presley Wrote 'I Love Ya Mama' on Bible after Mother's Death, " (London) Telegraph, May 12, 2010. Language of Materials.
Perhaps the most surprising part of this story is how confidently the tale has been told with so little analysis. Moseley, "Collecting Elvis, " 49; Rich Consola, email to Keith A. Erekson, October 10, 2018, emphasis in original. The King had been fascinated with religion and spirituality and would spend hours discussing books on such topics with the likes of Billy and Jo on his bed. His records turned to gold, platinum and multiplatinum for 150 different albums and singles. The Impersonal Life by Anonymous. In 2002, Cricket Coulter, who donated the Book of Mormon, also contributed a two-in-one volume containing the Doctrine and Covenants and Pearl of Great Price and another photograph. Aside from the last book Elvis read, Graceland have revealed what the final record he listened to in his room was. It turns out that Elvis was very into spiritual readings, Taoism, esoteric philosophies and learning about the different values in different cultures. On one evening, he and Ginger visited her family, where he sang and talked excitedly about numerology. Larry Geller, his book supplier, claims he read more than 1, 000 books on philosophy, religion and metaphysical topics. Seller Inventory # 19782178-n. Book Description paperback. New Mansions for New Men by Dane Rudyar. He worked with Elvis Presley handwriting authenticators and studied the final weeks of Elvis's life. According to Graceland archivist Angie Marchese, it's as though Elvis just got up and left.
Condition: Brand New. In the early hours of August 16, 1977, Elvis Presley and his girlfriend Ginger Alden invited his cousin Billy Smith and his wife Jo to join them for a game of racquetball at his state of the art Graceland court. What about other stories regarding Elvis and the Church that circulate amongst the Saints? His daughter has observed that the books in his personal collection are "covered with his notes. If the forged signature displays a general hint of Elvis, the marginal annotations throughout the Book of Mormon in the Church History Library demonstrate almost no resemblance to authentic samples of Elvis's handwriting. The quantity and length of the annotations, together with the appearance of only one style of handwriting, provide opportunity to analyze this handwriting and compare it to authentic samples of Elvis's known writing. Did Elvis read and mark this copy of the Book of Mormon during the 14 days that it was reportedly in his possession in August 1977? Several elements of the forged signature resemble known general characteristics of authentic signatures. Did he read and ponder the nearly 1, 000 pages of text in the volumes and leave handwritten annotations on 112 of those pages?
Was the King Close to Converting to Mormon Faith? Guralnick and Jorgensen, Elvis: Day by Day, 154. Where does this verdict of forgery leave Elvis Presley's relationship to the Church and its members? His 1966 film, Paradise, Hawaiian Style, was filmed at the Polynesian Cultural Center in August 1965. As dawn approached he headed to bed in his private haven upstairs at Graceland with his last lover. The story of the book's provenance—its being given to Elvis 14 days before his death and being read and digested from first page to last—does not fit within the constraints of a period in which he hosted his daughter, prepared for a tour, and responded to an exposé about his prescription drug abuse and erratic behavior. Elvis Presley was a reader and a book annotator, and several samples survive of his handwriting in the margins of books. Elvis came to believe that the Christ shines in everyone and that God wanted him to use his light to uplift people. From the Collection: Edgar Cayce Foundation (Organization). After drawing my own conclusion that the handwriting in the Book of Mormon was not made by Elvis Presley and receiving encouragement from handwriting experts in the Church History Department, I submitted writing samples independently to five Elvis Presley authenticators. Guralnick, Careless Love, 73. Book Description Paperback / softback. Relates numerous experiences from three of his former bodyguards about his careless and reckless behavior. The following lists a few other books Elvis was interested in, but all of them are out of print: Cheiro's Book of Numbers by Cheiro.
Coulter reports giving the book to Elvis on August 2, 1977, and that his father returned it to her on August 19, 1977. From the Collection: 54 Linear Feet (57 boxes. In 1993 the American Library Association produced this READ poster. Rich Consola is a collector, authenticator, and owner of Elvis Presley Authentication, who specializes in the autograph and handwriting of Elvis Presley. If you rely on the stories about celebrities like Presley to strengthen your conversion, then you face the possibility of later getting "All Shook Up. Reportedly, he could talk to medical professionals about pharmaceutical drugs quite competently. Lisa Marie Presley, quoted in Ritz, Elvis by the Presleys, 111. 25 Presley was also acquainted with the Osmond family, sharing the same drummer and jumpsuit designer in Las Vegas. Alan Osmond, phone call with Keith A. Erekson, October 17, 2018; Osmond with Romanowski, Life Is Just What You Make It, 168–69. From the BYU-Hawaii archives, courtesy of Keith A. Erekson. "23 In a memoir written shortly after Elvis's death, Parker reported giving Elvis a copy of the Book of Mormon, which they discussed, and he related tales of talking with Presley about life, death, resurrection, psychic healing, UFOs (both claimed to have seen one), indigenous ancestors (Parker's in Hawaii and Elvis's among the Cherokee), proxy temple work, numerology, end times, and island Kahunaism.
See a photograph of the annotation of Psalm 11 in Harper, "Sing for the Glory of God"; summaries of the other passages appear in Goins-Phillips, "Elvis Presley's Handwritten Notes. About the Collection. The Huna Code in Religions by Max Freedom Long. Beyond his daughter, he saw few people during these weeks, principally a few close friends, his doctor, and his 20-year-old fiancée, Ginger Alden, who brought her 10-year-old niece along to play with Lisa. Forgeries are often accepted because they provide something that people already want; in this case, the story of a changed heart, the conversion of a celebrity, and a testimony of the Church. Book Description Soft Cover. Beneath a photograph of an ancient gold tablet, the smooth-handed forger wrote, "gold records—real ones. "