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Josephine: The Hungry Heart

Based on twenty years of research and thousands of interviews, this authoritative biography of performer Josephine Baker (1906 - 1975) provides a candid look at her tempestuous life. Born into poverty in St. Louis, the uninhibited chorus girl became the sensation of Europe and the last century's first black sex symbol. A heroine of the French Resistance in World War II, she entranced figures as diverse as de Gaulle, Tito, Castro, Princess Grace, two popes, and Martin Luther King, Jr.

Jean-Claude Baker's book also reveals her outbursts that resulted in lasting feuds, her imperious treatment of family and entourage members, and her ambivalent attitudes concerning her ethnic background. Reconciling Josephine's many personas — Jazz-age icon, national hero of France, proponent of Civil Rights, mother of children from across the globe — Josephine: The Hungry Heart gives readers the inside story on a star unlike any other before or since.

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Recommended Age Adults
Author Jean-Claude Baker, Chris Chase
ISBN 0815411723
Publication Date Jul 30, 2001
Publisher Cooper Square Press
Language English