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Title:
Becoming something : the story of Canada Lee
Author:
Smith, Mona Z., 1962-
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Faber and Faber, 2004.
Physical Description:
xvii, 430 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language:
English
Contents:
Always chasing rainbows: the music -- Runnin' wild: the races -- Life can be so sweet: the ring -- Nice work if you can get it: the stage -- Broadway melody: bona fide star -- Why don't you do right: on the road with Jim Crow -- California, here I come: Hollywood, war, romance -- Stormy weather: boy gets girl, girl disappears[pears -- No business like show business: white way and whiteface -- Body and soul: red scared -- Trouble, trouble: Russian spies and pink paint -- Baby, it's cold outside: friendships betrayed -- No greater love: then comes marriage -- So little time: fight to the death -- Blues requiem: speak of me as I am.
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ISBN:
9780571211425
Format :
Book