Based on twenty years of research and thousands of interviews, this authoritative biography of performer Josephine Baker (1906-1975) provides a candid look at her tempestuous life.
A heroine of the French Resistance in World War II, she entranced figures.
Louis, the uninhibited chorus girl became the sensation of Europe and the last century\'s first black sex symbol.
Born into poverty in St.
Based on twenty years of research and thousands of interviews, this authoritative biography of performer Josephine Baker (1906-1975) provides a candid look at her tempestuous life.
Reconciling Josephine\'s many personas-Jazz-age icon, national hero of France, proponent of Civil Rights, mother of children from across the globe-Josephine: The Hungry Heart gives readers the inside story on a star unlike any other before or since.
Jean-claude Baker\'s book also reveals her outbursts that resulted in lasting feuds, her imperious treatment of family and entourage members, and her ambivalent attitudes concerning her ethnic background.
Yet Josephine was also, as one critic put it, a monster who made Joan Crawford look like the Virgin Mary.
A heroine of the French Resistance in World War II, she entranced figures as diverse as de Gaulle, Tito, Castro, Princess Grace, two popes, and Martin Luther King, Jr.
Louis, the uninhibited chorus girl became the sensation of Europe and the last century\'s first black sex symbol.
Born into poverty in St.
Based on twenty years of research and thousands of interviews, this authoritative biography of performer Josephine Baker (1906-1975) provides a candid look at her tempestuous life.
Reconciling Josephine\'s many personas--Jazz-age icon, national hero of France, proponent of Civil Rights, mother of children from across the globe--Josephine: The Hungry Heart gives readers the inside story on a star unlike any other before or since.
Jean-claude Baker\'s book also reveals her outbursts that resulted in lasting feuds, her imperious treatment of family and entourage members, and her ambivalent attitudes concerning her ethnic background.
Yet Josephine was also, as one critic put it, a monster who made Joan Crawford look like the Virgin Mary.
A heroine of the French Resistance in World War II, she entranced figures as diverse as de Gaulle, Tito, Castro, Princess Grace, two popes, and Martin Luther King, Jr.
Louis, the uninhibited chorus girl became the sensation of Europe and the last century\'s first black sex symbol.
Born into poverty in St.
Based on twenty years of research and thousands of interviews, this authoritative biography of performer Josephine Baker (1906-1975) provides a candid look at her tempestuous life
