Summary of Ginger Alden's Elvis and Ginger

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#1 My family’s history with the U. S. Army began in 1943, when my father was drafted into the army and my mother enlisted in the Women’s Army Corps. In 1955, my sister was born. Elvis Presley was drafted in 1958, and my father spoke with him before he went in.

#2 Elvis’s fame reached all the way to the army, where my father met him. My father was given a signed photograph of Elvis, and the two became friends.

#3 When I was five years old, I went on a ride with my family to the Memphis Fairgrounds Amusement Park. I remember seeing Elvis shake hands with people and thinking he must be important, because his face looked just like the ones on some record sleeves at home.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jul 14, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822547582

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Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 14

Insights from Chapter 15

Insights from Chapter 16

Insights from Chapter 17

Insights from Chapter 18

Insights from Chapter 19

Insights from Chapter 20

Insights from Chapter 21

Insights from Chapter 22

Insights from Chapter 23

Insights from Chapter 24

Insights from Chapter 25

Insights from Chapter 26

Insights from Chapter 27

Insights from Chapter 28

Insights from Chapter 29

Insights from Chapter 30

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

My family’s history with the U. S. Army began in 1943, when my father was drafted into the army and my mother enlisted in the Women’s Army Corps. In 1955, my sister was born. Elvis Presley was drafted in 1958, and my father spoke with him before he went in.

#2

Elvis’s fame reached all the way to the army, where my father met him. My father was given a signed photograph of Elvis, and the two became friends.

#3

When I was five years old, I went on a ride with my family to the Memphis Fairgrounds Amusement Park. I remember seeing Elvis shake hands with people and thinking he must be important, because his face looked just like the ones on some record sleeves at home.

Insights from Chapter 2

#1

I had a passion for art, and I wanted to turn it into a career. I was always drawing and painting, and I admired my brother, Mike, a talented artist who had begun taking art classes in college. I had an inspirational art teacher named Mrs. Murphy who usually dressed in purple.

#2

I was always interested in singing, but was too self-conscious to sing in public. I made my family look the other way when I practiced and even asked them not to come to my recitals. I stopped voice lessons high school.

#3

I had been interested in art since I was young, and I began entering my paintings into local art competitions. I graduated in the spring of 1974 with scholarship money to put toward a college that fall. I chose the Memphis Academy of Art, a small private college of art and design.

#4

I was completely mesmerized by Elvis’s performance that summer night in 1976. His voice had grown deeper, and he looked a little heavier than in his earlier years, but I was still captivated by the way he strutted onto the stage dressed in a white jumpsuit with an Egyptian bird design.

Insights from Chapter 3

#1

In 1976, Terry went to represent Tennessee in the Miss America pageant. She was extremely gifted at piano, and won all three honors in the swimsuit, talent, and evening gown competitions. She was invited to Graceland by Elvis Presley, who was dating around.

#2

We were excited and nervous to meet Elvis, and we were not disappointed. We