Elvis and Gladys
Elvis and Gladys (
The first hardcover edition was published in the United States in 1985 by MacMillan Publishing Company of New York.
The biopic which depicted Elvis' relationship with Gladys is featured in the TV series
Dundy in the book claims that Elvis's great-great grandmother Nancy Burdine Tacket was Jewish, citing one of Elvis's third cousins, Oscar Tackett.[3] Genealogists would later back this claim as well.[4] Nate Bloom has challenged the claim. Bloom states that Dundy reported the claim without verifying the story as a “fact”. Bloom concludes that there is no mention of any Jewish ancestor in any of the available census records and the family never mentioned any Jewish ancestry to the orthodox Jewish Rabbi family they shared a house with in the 1950s.[5]
References
- ^ Reading the South Archived 2006-08-13 at the Wayback Machine – Center for the Study of Southern Culture Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Elvis and Gladys University of Mississippi Press
- ^ Elaine Dundy, Elvis and Gladys, p.21
- ^ White, Francine (June 23, 2022). "Uh huh, Elvis was a nice Jewish boy". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved January 26, 2024.
- ^ Nate Bloom (2012). "The Jews Who Wrote Christmas Songs".
External links
- Elvis and Gladys by Elaine Dundy. New York, Macmillan, 1985 at Internet Archive
- Elvis and Gladys by Elaine Dundy description at University Press of Mississippi site [May 2004]
- Elvis and Gladys by Elaine Dundy current description at University Press of Mississippi site
- Elaine Dundy website
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