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Stripping Gypsy : the life of Gypsy Rose Lee / Noralee Frankel.
Van Pelt Library PN2287.L29 F73 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Frankel, Noralee, 1950-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lee, Gypsy Rose, 1914-1970.
- Lee, Gypsy Rose.
- Stripteasers--United States--Biography.
- Stripteasers.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 300 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
- Summary:
- "In this new biography of Gypsy Rose Lee, Noralee Frankel draws on archival sources to strip bare the myths created by Gypsy herself and to tell the real story. Although Lee published an autobiography that has sold steadily, this will be the first biography of her. Frankel combines politics with twentieth century popular culture"--Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [285]-293) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780195368031
- 0195368037
- OCLC:
- 223876642
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