In 1989, the donation of the Book of Mormon was accompanied by three photographs. It is now a classic collectible available at E-bay, etc. For instance, Elvis had 18 songs hit the number one spot on the music charts from 1956 through 1969 and won three of the fourteen Grammys for which he was nominated. Book Description Condition: New. Book [A Scientific Search for the Face of Jesus] Frank Adams, 1972. 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. 13 The forger knew a little bit about Presley's signature. The Impersonal Life by Anonymous. 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. Though the copy of the Book of Mormon purportedly marked by Elvis has received most of the attention in the media and popular culture, the Church History Library actually holds a collection of six items related to this story: two books and four photographs. Coulter reports giving the book to Elvis on August 2, 1977, and that his father returned it to her on August 19, 1977. Marginal Annotations.
Fans will know that The King's bedroom is perfectly preserved at his daughter Lisa Marie's request. See Guralnick, Careless Love, 173–225; Rooks and Cox, Inside Graceland, 25; Larry Geller and Joel Spector with Patricia Romanowski, "If I Can Dream": Elvis' Own Story (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1989). Frank O. Adams, A Scientific Search for the Face of Jesus (Tucson, Ariz. : Psychical Aid Foundation, 1972); Betty Bethards, Sex and Psychic Energy (Novato, Calif. : Inner Light Foundation, 1977). From the Collection: Turner, Gladys Davis (Person). 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. According to Ginger, who found his corpse: "Elvis looked as if his entire body had completely frozen in a seated position while using the toilet and then had fallen forward, in that fixed position, directly in front of it... Happy birthday, Elvis. Xlibris, 2005), 96–98; Alden, Elvis & Ginger, 324, 338–39. This story appeared in the March/April 2020 issue of LDS Living. Internal records revealed that others had likewise questioned the book's authenticity, as early as 1991 and as recently as 2008. Elvis Presley died on Aug. 16, 1977, 44 years ago today. Elvis: Linda Thompson shares 'beautiful' snaps of 'very special times' [LINDA THOMPSON]. As I examined the volume in the fall of 2018, the annotations on its pages immediately raised more questions than answers.
Several elements of the forged signature resemble known general characteristics of authentic signatures. It has since become eagerly sought after by Elvis fans. It is very unlikely. However, the fabric was radiocarbon dated in 1988 and discovered to have originated in the Middle Ages between 1260 and 1390. Stack, "Elder Elvis? " 8 His biographer notes that Elvis "alternated between bouts of depression and moments of defiance" as well as "waves of shame and rage" as he worried about the book and his career. 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.
Authentic signature courtesy of Keith A. Erekson, with permission from Roger Epperson. It turns out that Elvis was very into spiritual readings, Taoism, esoteric philosophies and learning about the different values in different cultures. Further, analysis of the handwriting in the Book of Mormon volume—a signature and three dozen smoothly written annotations—reveals dramatic departures from Presley's authentic handwriting as well as differences in the style of his marginal annotation. Beyond hosting his daughter and visiting family, Elvis was also reeling from the publication of a devastating exposé of his prescription drug abuse and violent behavior. Did he read and ponder the nearly 1, 000 pages of text in the volumes and leave handwritten annotations on 112 of those pages? The King and his Memphis Mafia inner circle enjoyed a few games before he played Unchained Melody on the piano in the sports centre. The Huna Code in Religions by Max Freedom Long. Handwriting Analysis. The basic outline of how this copy of the Book of Mormon made its way into the Church's archives has been repeatedly told in the news media. Happy Birthday to Elvis Presley (b. January 8, 1935). Courtesy of Keith A. Erekson. Graceland archives include Elvis' library card from the Tupelo Public Library from when he was 13. The first page of the Book of Mormon contains the forged signature "E. A. Presley.
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. The results of this historical and handwriting analysis can be stated quite clearly: Elvis Presley did not write in the Book of Mormon held by the Church History Library. Among the surviving books with authentic annotations are also a few Bibles. Elvis Presley READ POSTER. Elvis was a seeker who read the Bible, sang gospel music, wondered about the purpose of life, missed his deceased mother, and explored many philosophies and religions, striking up conversations with his maid, his hairdresser, and anyone else who would talk. Alan Osmond, phone call with Keith A. Erekson, October 17, 2018; Osmond with Romanowski, Life Is Just What You Make It, 168–69.
There are a total of 103 words written in the margins through the entire book. There is only one king -- Jesus Christ. To browse and the wider internet faster and more securely, please take a few seconds to upgrade your browser. Elvis often read medical texts and was so well-versed in The Physician's Desk Reference that he more than held his own when talking to medical professionals about prescription drugs. 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. " Next to Psalm 118:8, which reads, "It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man, " he wrote, "TRUST IN THE LORD NOT MAN.
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. I had heard the story of this book numerous times in the nearly six years that I served as director of the Church History Library, but I only called the book out of the stacks after a Salt Lake City television station wanted to film yet another telling. The Mystical Christ by Manly Palmer Hall. One lesson to learn from this forgery is not to draw conclusions that reach beyond the evidence.
A reader of diverse interests, he read books on football and karate as well. Elvis Graceland upstairs bedroom secrets 'We'd spend hours on the bed' [ELVIS BEDROOM]. White, "Collector's Guide to Elvis. The content of the annotations has so captured public imagination that the fact that the book contains a signature has scarcely been mentioned. "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. On one evening, he and Ginger visited her family, where he sang and talked excitedly about numerology.