American Rose: A Nation Laid Bare: The Life and Times of Gypsy Rose Lee
by Abbott, Karen
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1400066913
- ISBN 13
- 9781400066919
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 2010. xix, 422 pages, illustrations; 25 cm. SIGNED. Boldly signed by the author on the title page. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. A fine copy of the first printing. "The author of the acclaimed 'New York Times' bestseller 'Sin in the Second City' returns with the gripping and expansive story of America's coming-of-age--told through the extraordinary life of Gypsy Rose Lee and the world she survived and conquered. A pair of sister child stars coming from a Vaudeville family in the Jazz Age and maturing in the Depression, driven by the most ferocious of stage mothers, Dainty June and Louise Hovick chose different paths to fame--June as a 'legit' actress, while Louise became Gypsy Rose Lee, a strutting, bawdy, erudite stripper who understood how to sell sexy without actually showing sex. Using exclusive interviews and never-before-published material, author Karen Abbott delves into Gypsy's world, including her intensely dramatic triangle relationship with her sister, June Havoc, and their formidable mother Rose. We also meet four scrappy and savvy showbiz brothers from New York City who would pave the way for Gypsy Rose Lee's brand of burlesque. The Minsky brothers relied on grit, determination, and a few tricks that fell just outside the law--and they would shape, and ultimately transform, the landscape of American entertainment." - Publisher.. SIGNED. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Collectible.
Synopsis
Karen Abbott is the New York Times bestselling author of Sin in the Second City . A native of Philadelphia, she now lives in New York City with her husband and two African Grey parrots who do a mean Ethel Merman. Visit her online at www.karenabbott.net. From the Hardcover edition.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- American Rose: A Nation Laid Bare: The Life and Times of Gypsy Rose Lee
- Author
- Abbott, Karen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 1400066913
- ISBN 13
- 9781400066919
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2010
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- COLLECTIBLE
- Bookseller catalogs
- XXX / COLLECTIBLES; Genre & Subject / Erotic;
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