| Can I Come Look At These Items? | | This online store is in association with Amazon.com, so these great, high-qualiy products will come from their warehouse or from other partners. Thanks for shopping! |
|
|
|
The Day Elvis Met Nixon | 
 enlarge | Author: Egil Krogh
Publisher: Pejama Press
Category: Book
List Price: $18.95
Buy New: $14.00
You Save: $4.95 (26%)
New (5) Used (7) Collectible (6) from $8.52
Avg. Customer Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 297641
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 64
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 10.8 x 8.3 x 0.3
ISBN: 0964025108
Dewey Decimal Number: 782.42166092
EAN: 9780964025103
ASIN: 0964025108
Publication Date: May 1994
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Condition: Fast order processing, delivery confirmation
|
| Similar Items:
|
| Customer Reviews:
Easy entertainment October 12, 2006
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I got this book at Graceland when it was a new item back in 1995, and I was previously unaware of its existence. Of course, I knew that the two had met, as one of those bizarre connections of wildly different people. I couldn't pass it by as a souvenir, rather than all the cheesy alternatives. The book is entertaining, with a casual, chatty approach so different from typical works that involve politicians.
The classic, well-known photo of Nixon and Elvis is there, with several other informal shots. Mr. Krogh has included plenty of amusing details, such as Elvis' letter to Nixon on an airline notepad and Elvis rummaging through Nixon's desk looking for mementos for his pals. I don't think additional content would really have added much, as Mr. Krogh included enough for readers to get the picture.
After the meeting, the story moves to lunch in the cafeteria with folks used to political superstars thrilled by the appearance of a *real* superstar, and the arrival of the coveted official federal narcotics badge, per Nixon's order. The badge was at Graceland in my visit, and the whole adventure leaves me both amused and somewhat befuddled. What was Elvis thinking, anyway? Elvis certainly didn't take Nixon's advice to Elvis, which included, "just be sure you keep your credibility."
 Undistinguished January 8, 2006
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
*The Day Elvis Met Nixon* is Egil Krogh's first-person account of the day (Dec. 21, 1970) Elvis Presley dropped into the White House, met President Nixon, offered his services in the Administration's war against drug - he could talk to the young people - and posed with the President for what has become one of the most popular photographs in the national archives.
Published in 1994, nearly a quarter century after the event, Krogh's recollection lacks the sharp details of a more immediate event. In 1970 Krogh was a deputy counsel to the President, responsibilities including developing a drug policy. Which is how Presley's letter of introduction - he wanted to be a `Federal Agent at Large' in the drug war - came to Krogh's desk. Attractively laid out and so richly illustrated - behold the gift Elvis brought the day he met Nixon, all six pages of the letter hand-written on American Airlines stationary, the Special Agent badge Elvis coveted and asked for the day he met Nixon - that the text suffers in comparison. It's a quick read, a half-hour or so at a leisurely pace, easily digested and vaguely dissatisfying. Twenty-five years do tend to blunt and dull even the sharpest of memories.
In any event the piece de resistance is White House photographer Ollie Atkin's famous photo, hereafter referred to as The Picture. Everyone has seen it, no? Nixon and Elvis, hereafter referred to as the King, standing side by side directly in front of five flags. They're facing the camera, shaking hands. Nixon is in a gray business suit, a politician's pseudo-smile on his face. He looks like someone responding to a joke he doesn't get. The King stands beside him, already somewhat puffed and bloated. There's a heavy gold chain around his neck and about twenty pounds worth of gold on the biggest belt buckle you'll ever see around his waist. The King wears a dark suit over a white shirt, unbuttoned with big collars. If Nixon looks grimly jovial, the King simply looks toked. Both seem oblivious to the angry ghosts already gathering, the karmic debt collectors who would, in a few short years, leave the King to drown in his own suet and Nixon to resign in disgrace, delivering a humiliation - finally - large enough for a politician with an otherwise insatiable appetite for self-abasement.
Which brings me to why I bought this book. I have a modest collection of Watergate related books in my possession. Egil Krogh is the person who authorized the break-in of Daniel Ellsberg's psychiatrist's office. Ellsberg is the person who leaked the Pentagon Papers to the New York Times, causing an uproar in the Nixon Administration. After the publication and prior to Ellsberg's trial the Nixon White House wanted whatever it could get on Ellsberg, and a psychiatrist's notes on his patient seemed a good place to start. Krogh hasn't written anything else, that I'm aware of, besides this book. There may be a magazine article or two floating around. Krogh is also the one who brought G. Gordon Liddy into the White House. More to the pity *The Day Elvis Met Nixon* mentions none of this, although there's a nice book-congratulations note near the preface, written by Nixon shortly before his death, handsomely reproduced.
What you're left with, then, is something that feels an awful lot like a longish American Heritage magazine article. There's a nice, detachable, suitable for framing, color-tinted reproduction of the photograph hanging off the rear cover (in case you buy this book used, make sure the photo is intact!)
 One of my favorite elvis books April 27, 2003
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
this book details the day of the meeting between elvis and nixon. It is detailed but an easy reader. It is anything except boring! In the back you will find a RARE 8 by 10 color photo of the two that is worth the price in gold.
All you conspiracy Nuts should get a dose of reality..... October 22, 1997
10 out of 16 found this review helpful
I hadn't heard any of the wierd conspiracy theories until I had this book sitting on my desk and a co-worker offered up his bizzare "facts" about this meeting. I went ahead and read it anyway, to discover that I worked with a Kook. Aside from being very entertaining, the information was simply some good things to know about a couple of men that were great in their own careers. They each have been slammed on character issues, however the facts portrayed in this book illustrate that any ridicule of character is purely the bias of the News Media.
30 minutes reading this book is unforgettable! July 30, 1997
17 out of 17 found this review helpful
Krough's amazing eyewitness account of the day Elvis met Nixon is well worth reading. This unlikely pair got together for the most unlikely reasons. Each was looking for something to gain. Each seemed satisfied with the result. The story adds to the well-deserved mystique of each of these unique characters. The book, while no literary masterpiece (and not pretending to be such), is a delightful 30-minute read that will leave you with a great story to tell at parties. I recommend it highly
|
|
|
| |
News 
