The Hornes
by Gail Lumet Buckley
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An inspired, intimate history of musical legend Lena Horne and her family, written by Lena's daughter, Gail Lumet Buckley. More than a loving biography of a true show business legend, Lumet Buckley traces Lena's, as well as her own, roots as the latest in a long family line of America's Black elite.Tags
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Gail Buckley is a journalist & the daughter of Lena Horne. Her family history - The Hornes - became an "American Masters" documentary, & she narrated a documentary on black American families for PBS. She has written for the "Los Angeles Times", "Vogue", the "New York Daily News", & "The New York Times". She lives in New York. (Bowker Author show more Biography) show less
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- This book is dedicated to the memory of my brother, Teddy.
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- Biography & Memoir, Nonfiction, History, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 974.7 — History & geography History of North America Northeastern United States (New England and Middle Atlantic states) New York
- LCC
- F129 .B7 .B83 — Local History of the United States, Canada and Latin America United States local history New York
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- English
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