Inner Elvis: A Psychological Biography of Elvis Aaron Presley - Softcover

Whitmer, Peter O.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0786882484 ISBN 13: 9780786882489

Publisher: Hyperion, 1997

Synopsis

A psychological investigation into the life of Elvis Aaron Presley reveals the psychic trauma fueling Elvis's rise to superstardom and his subsequent fall into strange obsessions, behaviors, and addictions.

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Review:

Just why was Elvis all shook up? According to clinical psychologist Peter Whitmer, Ph.D., the King suffered as a "twinless twin," and was forever tormented by the death of his infant twin brother, Jesse Garon Presley. Some of the conclusions in this hefty psychological analysis of Elvis may raise eyebrows, as will some of the odd nuggets of information Dr. Whitmer offers, but even readers who take this book with a healthy dose of skepticism will have to admit that it's an interesting and offbeat look at a life that, 20 years after it ended, remains a perennial object of fascination.

About the Author:

Peter Whitmer, Ph.D. has taught psychology at the University of California and the University of Miami.

About this edition

• Publisher: Hyperion
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0786882484
• ISBN 13: 9780786882489
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 496