Josephine: the hungry heart

Josephine Baker once told Jean-Claude Baker that after she died he would discover the truth about her. Now, after two decades of exhaustive worldwide research, he has done just that, but the truth turns out to be much more fascinating - and shocking - than the legends that have attached themselves t...

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Hauptverfasser: Baker, Jean-Claude (VerfasserIn), Chase, Chris (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York Random House 1993
Ausgabe:1. ed.
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Zusammenfassung:Josephine Baker once told Jean-Claude Baker that after she died he would discover the truth about her. Now, after two decades of exhaustive worldwide research, he has done just that, but the truth turns out to be much more fascinating - and shocking - than the legends that have attached themselves to her. Here's the neglected child starving for attention in the slums of St. Louis, the uninhibited chorus girl who shamelessly stole the spotlight from the stars - and became the sensation of Europe
Josephine was the self-proclaimed Universal Mother, who gathered children from many countries, the expatriate who was erratic about the civil rights movement, and the outrageous entertainer who dared to become the first black sex symbol of this century
Jean-Claude Baker collected the voices of men and women who, over the decades, shared the stage with Josephine. Here are the tales of the great impresarios and showmen who toasted her name from Paris to Rio, of her friends, her enemies, her servants, her lovers, and her family
Beschreibung:XXIII, 532 S. Ill.
ISBN:0679409157