Josephine Baker

by Bryan Hammond, Patrick O'Connor

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Traces Baker's life from the slums of St Louis and her early days on the New York stage as That Comedy Chorus Girl, doing a new dance called the Charleston, through her cabaret fame in France, her participation in the French Resistance, and her role as mother of 12 adopted children.

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Music, Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS
793.3Arts & recreationRecreation, sports, and performing artsIndoor games and amusementsSocial, folk, national dancing
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GV1785 .B3 .J67Geography, Anthropology and RecreationRecreation. LeisureRecreation. LeisureDancing

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