Elvis: What Happened? as told to Steve Dunleavy [FIRST EDITION PAPERBACK] 1977 • Ballantine

Elvis: What Happened? as told to Steve Dunleavy by Red West, Sonny West and Dave Hebler

FIRST EDITION PAPERBACK [1977] BALLANTINE BOOKS

4th printing / 1977 of this long out of print trashy posthumous Elvis tell-all by his inner circle. 

Solid reading copy.  Cover is beat up; but reads perfectly well.  

A devoted son. A generous friend. A model Army recruit. A gifted entertainer. A beloved hero to millions. This is the Elvis Presly the world knew -- and cherished.

Brooding. Violent. Obsessed with death. Strung out. Sexually driven. This is the other side of Elvis -- according to the three men who lived with him through it all -- a man who

* Chamed a beautiful young fan into joining him on a drug binge for two that nearly killed her
* Took a group of friends on a 3 A.M. visit to a mortuary to look at corpses and talk about embalming
* Hurled a pool cue at a party guest who interrupts his game, injuring her breast
* Talked with his bodyguard about a "hit" on the man he felt stole his wife
Steve Dunleavy has woven together the experiences of three Presley bodyguards who were there partying with him, womanizing with him, worrying with him -- tasting the pleasure and the pains of life with the most fabulous star in showbiz history!