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Gladys was the reason Elvis became the KingReview Date: 2008-11-01
The best yetReview Date: 2008-06-28
What does surprise me is that someone like Dee Stanley, who put her own sons in foster care so she could pursue Vernon Presley, would condemn them.
I am also not surprised that Elvis was never able to form a long-lasting relationship with a woman. Most of the women I have read about seemed only interested in what they could get from him. not what they could give to him; a total contrast to his Mother.
I thought Elaine Dundy did a masterful research job. Too bad the history books kids use in school don't usually match this level of research and dedication to facts.
This book is not just about Elvis, it is about poverty and how it shapes people and stays with them throughout their lives.
Buy this book, you will treasure it.
Gladys and ElvisReview Date: 2008-03-18
Excellent book!Review Date: 2007-07-28
Gladys Did The Best She CouldReview Date: 2006-08-25
The reader closes the book with one thought about Gladys (and Vernon) and that is that these two parents loved their son more than life itself and that they simply did the best they could. They were handicapped from the beginning by poverty, ignorance, and also quite possibly genetic pre-dispositions towards depression, obsessive/compulsive disorders, and addictions. It was not uncommon throughout the 19th century and into the 20th that first cousins would marry and have children. The inter-marriages within the Smith and Presley families were pervasive and no doubt exacerbated genetic tendencies.
Gladys' relationship to Elvis was very close in that she put his needs above everything else in her life. She was the only person who could have ever "saved" Elvis from his excesses. But unfortunately, she succumbed to her own drinking habits early on. Once she was gone, his life spiraled out of control.
Elaine Dundy leaves the question unanswered: If Elvis had such a close relationship with Gladys, why wasn't he ever able to form an equally enduring and intimate relationship with a lover? The answer comes from the reader's personal conclusion that the mother-son relationship was close to the point of crippling to Elvis. Just as he reached young adulthood his fabulous success story began. He was stretching out for independence and Gladys figuartively and literally abandoned him -- through death. Elvis was always able to keep the "enduring" part of a relationship going (i.e. he could never let Priscilla go) but his love affairs seemed to mirror his relationship with Gladys in bizarreness, obsessions, and misery.

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A Wonderful Walk Down Memory LaneReview Date: 2006-12-28
For many years, Santa left me a Best of the West figure under the tree. Being able to flip through the pages and remember the toys and all the neat stuff they came with is a wonderful walk down memory lane.
Although I still have most of my childhood collection, they are in a terrible state of repair. It is comforting to know there are current versions being made (details in this book).
A must have addition to your library if you collect, or used to collect, Marx Action Figures.
An invaluable tool for the Marx collector.Review Date: 1999-07-18
Outstanding! I can't put it down! Awesome photos & history!Review Date: 1999-05-16
We need to rediscover our childhood.Review Date: 1999-08-18
The Encyclopedia of Marx Action FiguresReview Date: 2000-01-20


When will the mainstream press find herReview Date: 2003-09-01
Awesome read!Review Date: 2002-03-17
Saved by the mysterious and lovely Madryn, Val accompanied her on her self appointed mission. Unknown to them, they were to become the champions of some magical guardians in a war against a sorceress and her evil brother.
*****K.G. McAbee seems to breathe life into her unforgettable characters! From the opening sentence, until the last, it is non-stop thrills which is destined to captivate readers! I am proud to recommend it to everyone!*****
Unforgettable!Review Date: 2001-08-21
Saved by the mysterious and lovely Madryn, Val accompanied her on her self appointed mission. Unknown to them, they were to become the champions of some magical guardians in a war against a sorceress and her evil brother.
***** K.G. McAbee seems to breathe life into her unforgettable characters! From the opening sentence, until the last, it is non-stop thrills which is destined to captivate readers! I am proud to recommend it to everyone!
WOW!...Review Date: 2002-07-04
K.G. McAbee has an imagination that knows no bounds and I look foward to reading her other unique books - as soon as I can find them all!
interesting romantic fantasyReview Date: 2002-04-30
Thugs attack them and they are fortunate to survive. Other adventures follows as dueling sorcerers plot their fate. While Valerik ponders deserting his hostess, Madryn distrusts him though she intellectually knows she needs him to succeed on her quest. Though attracted, they fight to thwart the feelings that bind them together, but love blossoms anyway. With Garet the thief tolerated as an unwanted appendage, Madryn and Valerik continue on her mission, which looks more hopeless than a relationship between an aristocrat and a slave, if that is even their true identities.
ESCAPE THE PAST is an interesting romantic fantasy starring an engaging heroic pair and an insightful, irritating (to the lead couple but not the reader) young thief (mindful of Broderick in Ladyhawke). The story line is fast-paced but similar to other sub-genre novels as side adventures test the mettle of the hero and heroine during their epic journey. K.G. McAbee provides fans with a fun fantasy filled with delightful protagonists struggling to endure on a vividly described world of magic.
Harriet Klausner

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Ethics pays offReview Date: 2006-02-11
Great info on both workplace ethics and raising ethical kidsReview Date: 2006-02-07
Making ethics a priority: a practical and enlightening bookReview Date: 2006-02-04
thoughtful approach to difficult topicReview Date: 2006-02-02
Walk the TalkReview Date: 2006-01-31

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Required ReferenceReview Date: 2008-09-30
Gorgeous, immersive, beautifully put together!Review Date: 2007-05-16
Good overview for the price.Review Date: 2006-11-05
Saddle shoes $2.49 in 1939Review Date: 2006-09-30
All pictures are black and white and have a certain (pleasant) level of graininess. What you get are the original pictures, prices and descriptions from the catalogs. There is only a very small amount of introductory material (just a one page 'Publisher's Note' for the Thirties).
Changes over the series:
The transition from drawings (all very good and realistic) to photos occurs in the Thirties.
The variety of accessories appearing in the Twenties is largely reduced by the later decades (Fifties almost exclusively clothing and hats with some shoes).
There's only one problem with these catalogs...you can't order the contents!
Blissful brousingReview Date: 2006-10-10
Modern Fashions and hairstyles today reveal absolute mediocrity. No style. No class. More to offend the eye than to please. Trousered females with short cropped hair and men whose hair is unkept wearing garments ill made. Swimsuits that leave nothing to the imagination worn by people who one just wishes were not visable because they keep themselvs as they do their awful cloths.
This book is a treat to the eye. Wonderful cloths that show modern apparel was not alawys the norm.
For the student of History this book is a valuable source of information on the cloths of the period, for which I purchased my copy. No scoloarly work but merely taken from the Sears catalogs of the time. Undergarments and accessories, shoes to hats, everything is shown here.

ReviewReview Date: 2008-09-04
Buffalo culture of the Piegan BlackfeetReview Date: 2002-05-11
He not only traded furs, gold, liquor, and dressmakers goods to the Indians, but became fluent in the language of the Blackfeet, sharing in their hunts and wars and even taking a young Indian wife.
It's a somewhat self-conscious story from a masculine vantagepoint during a time when warrior bravado was in vogue and the buffalo were still thriving. This book portrays a segment of Native American life and culture just before the buffalo were diminished and the people were forced to reservations.
Given that _Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: an Indian History of the American West_ by Dee Brown contains only 2 or 3 pages in reference to the Blackfeet, a book such as _My Life As an Indian_ is a superb addition to one's bookshelf. Recommended.
Wonderful book!Review Date: 2000-12-17
I cannot recommend this book more highly!
Well worth readingReview Date: 2007-06-04
His stories are not all downers though. His writing is a very detailed, intimate, and at times amusing description of his life and those around him. I've loaned my book to a number of people and they all have liked it. If you read this and like it too, you'll be glad to know he wrote a whole series of books of his life in early Montana, and of the lives of prominent people he knew. I've read many, but not all of them, and I prize every one.
One of my all-time favorite books.Review Date: 2008-04-23

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Great information!Review Date: 2008-10-30
farret booksReview Date: 2008-09-19
Informative and well organized Review Date: 2008-03-26
Great Information!Review Date: 2008-03-17
This is the book you wantReview Date: 2007-09-26

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A great treasureReview Date: 2008-08-12
happy with the purchase.Review Date: 2007-01-11
useful, effective funReview Date: 2002-02-01
Though I've worked through the problems a couple of times, I bought a replacement copy when my original was "permanently borrowed" from my desk at work.
Worth its' weight in a very precious metalReview Date: 2002-10-31
If you have a soft spot for problems in probability, this book is an inexpensive must.
Published in Journal of Recreational Mathematics, reprinted with permission.
For math loversReview Date: 2004-11-12
In some areas the problems here were helpful to me, and the solutions are well explained.
In a few areas the problems were way over my head and in areas I either don't understand or am not interested in.
That said, I think anyone with an interest in the subject won't be disappointed with this thin book, except maybe wishing there was a greater variety of problem types, which was one complaint I had, the second was that the solutions were a bit too complicated, which may mean I'm just not smart enough, however, it would have been a bit stronger of a book if it had explained some of the items at a lower level (for us numbskulls).

First time reader of Rumer GoddenReview Date: 2008-06-09
Mercies within mercies Review Date: 2008-06-05
Basically this book deals with the human condition and our need for redemption, and abov all Christ's mercy and love for the least in society (prostitutes).
The main character is Lise,a former prostitute who, as the novel begins is being released from prison for murdering the man who was her pimp. There are two secondary characters that are important to the story, one who becomes redeemed by Love and one who seems to be corrupted to the point of perdition. The realism with which the author portrays the less pleasant characters is sometimes shocking and slightly graphic but not terribly so. I found this to be an inspriational and uplifting book and I recommend it to anyone interested in genuine Catholic literature.
My estimation of Ms. Godden's rank as an author was immensely improved after reading this novel. Also, her portrayal of religious life is one of the most accurate that I've read, and to me, this added greatly to the book.
5 for Sorrow, 10 for JoyReview Date: 2007-09-06
The convent revisitedReview Date: 2007-05-30
a joy to readReview Date: 2008-02-13


THE BEST GANGSTA BOOK I'VE EVER READ!!!Review Date: 2005-11-22
Keep up the wonderful work CeDee and I will support all that you do.
Thank you for the wonderful entertainment that I received from reading G-Town's Finest!
G-TOWNS FINEST...... AND THE BEST OF THE BESTReview Date: 2005-06-03
...... PLEASE GO GET IT
... GOT ME ALL SPEECHLESS AND SH*T
G Town's FinestReview Date: 2005-01-12
The show stopper!!Review Date: 2005-01-09
I want to know where is G-Town Finest's money at???. MAYBE
this could be the next part II.
You Have to Read This BookReview Date: 2005-01-06
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his father Vernon borrowed $180 from the landowner to build the house Elvis was born in. five years later in 1938 (when Elvis was 3), with the loan still not fully repaid, the landowner evicted the Presleys.
as Elvis himself said of their leaving Tupelo for Memphis in 1948, "We were broke man -- broke."
even in Memphis, where WWII had brought better times, the Presleys would often do odd jobs for neighboring black families, just to have enough to eat.
as can be seen from school photos taken at the time, though his classmates had regular clothes for that period, "Elvis's first 'jump suit' was a pair of overalls."
but, as his fifth grade teacher (a niece of the landowner who had evicted the Presleys) later said, "There is something nice about everyone. There is everything nice about Elvis."
Hill and Range was the music publishing company that Elvis did business with from age 20 until his death at age 42. its owner, Jean Aberbach, stated without qualification, "Elvis was the finest human being I've ever met."
the thrust of this excellent book by Elaine Dundy (who died last year) is that no matter how poor they were, Gladys was determined to raise Elvis to be the finest human being anyone who ever met him had ever met.
"Elvis never forgot his raisin'." (Cousin Annie Presley)