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Josephine Baker's Last Dance

by Sherry Jones
Adenrele Ojo
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Discover the fascinating and singular life story of Josephine Baker-actress, singer, dancer, Civil Rights activist, member of the French Resistance during WWII, and a woman dedicated to erasing prejudice and creating a more equitable world-in Josephine Baker's Last Dance. In this illuminating biographical novel, Sherry Jones spans Josephine's early years in servitude and poverty in America, to her rise to fame as a showgirl in her famous banana skirt, to her activism against discrimination, and her many loves and losses. From 1920s Paris to 1960s Washington, to her final, triumphant performance, one of the most extraordinary lives of the twentieth century comes to stunning life on the page. With intimate prose and comprehensive research, Sherry Jones brings this remarkable and compelling public figure into focus for the first time in a joyous celebration of a life lived in technicolor, a powerful woman who continues to inspire today.
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Publisher: HighBridge Edition: Unabridged

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  • ISBN: 9781684414970
  • File size: 374666 KB
  • Release date: December 4, 2018
  • Duration: 13:00:33

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  • ISBN: 9781684414970
  • File size: 374695 KB
  • Release date: December 4, 2018
  • Duration: 13:04:32
  • Number of parts: 11
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Fiction African American Fiction Literature

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Discover the fascinating and singular life story of Josephine Baker-actress, singer, dancer, Civil Rights activist, member of the French Resistance during WWII, and a woman dedicated to erasing prejudice and creating a more equitable world-in Josephine Baker's Last Dance. In this illuminating biographical novel, Sherry Jones spans Josephine's early years in servitude and poverty in America, to her rise to fame as a showgirl in her famous banana skirt, to her activism against discrimination, and her many loves and losses. From 1920s Paris to 1960s Washington, to her final, triumphant performance, one of the most extraordinary lives of the twentieth century comes to stunning life on the page. With intimate prose and comprehensive research, Sherry Jones brings this remarkable and compelling public figure into focus for the first time in a joyous celebration of a life lived in technicolor, a powerful woman who continues to inspire today.
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Fiction African American Fiction Literature
  • Details

    Publisher:
    HighBridge
    Edition:
    Unabridged

    OverDrive Listen audiobook
    ISBN: 9781684414970
    File size: 374666 KB
    Release date: December 4, 2018
    Duration: 13:00:33

    MP3 audiobook
    ISBN: 9781684414970
    File size: 374695 KB
    Release date: December 4, 2018
    Duration: 13:04:32
    Number of parts: 11

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