The many faces of Josephine Baker : dancer, singer, activist, spy
(2015)
Nonfiction
Book
Series:
Call Numbers:
Y/BIOGRAPHY/792.802/BAKER,J/CAR
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, [2015]
DESCRIPTION
195 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781613730348 (hbk.), 1613730349 (hbk.)
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Her own journey -- Show business review -- Joséphine charms Paris -- La folie du jour -- Two loves -- Storms of life -- Joséphine's challenges -- Let my people go -- In my village -- Joséphine and Jo split -- Losing Les Milandes -- The curtain falls
Author Peggy Caravantes follows Josephine Baker's life from her childhood in the depths of poverty to her comedic rise in vaudeville and fame in Europe. This biography also covers her outspoken participation in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, espionage work for the French Resistance during World War II, and adoption of 12 children--her "rainbow tribe"
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