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The FBI Files on Elvis Presley (Top Secret (New Century))

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This is a fascinating "behind-the-scenes" look at all the crimes that went on in the background of Elvis's world. Death threats, an extortion attempt when he was in the U.S. Army in Europe, mention of a paternity suit, and the theft of an executive jet which he owned and other complaints and crimes. . .
The author not only published a complete book of secret FBI records, he also reprints 36 pages of original documents as full-page illustrations, showing exactly how the FBI handled these cases.
The author deserves credit for publishing these secret files! Any Elvis fan will find this new book well worth buying.

I just finished this book and it was ok. A lot of the documents in the back of the book were blacked out but the Author did give some detail as to what they contained. It doesn't take a lot of time to read it some what interesting and different.

Anne

This book arrived on schedule and in good condition. I was disappointed that most of the files are blacked out. I guess they have to be for privacy purposes but it's hard to understand what the files are talking about when every other sentence is blacked out.

This is all a bit pointless. The FBI kept files on all public figures during the 50s 60s and 70s (and perhaps beyond) so it wasn't like Elvis was up to anything excitingly illegal as to arouse their suspicion. It's not in story form as to make it easier to follow so this is really for Elvis completists.

A lot of the good stuff is blanked out so really, what's the point?