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Bessie
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Hardcover
Rev exp edition from Yale Univ Pr (June 1, 2003)
9780300099027 | details & prices | 314 pages | 6.25 × 9.25 × 1.25 in. | 1.45 lbs | List price $38.00
About: A biography of Bessie Smith, the great singer known as the "Empress of the Blues".
About: A biography of Bessie Smith, the great singer known as the "Empress of the Blues".
Paperback
Rev exp edition from Yale Univ Pr (June 15, 2005)
9780300107562 | details & prices | 314 pages | 6.00 × 9.25 × 1.00 in. | 1.15 lbs | List price $25.00
About: Considered by many to be the greatest blues singer of all time, Bessie Smith was also a successful vaudeville entertainer who became the highest paid African-American performer of the roaring twenties.
About: Considered by many to be the greatest blues singer of all time, Bessie Smith was also a successful vaudeville entertainer who became the highest paid African-American performer of the roaring twenties.
Reissue edition from Scarborough House (August 1, 1985)
9780812817003 | details & prices | 5.50 × 8.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.80 lbs | List price $8.95
About: The trials and tribulations of the blues singer's career as well as the controversy concerning her death are highlighted in this study based on published material and the reminiscences of her contemporaries
About: The trials and tribulations of the blues singer's career as well as the controversy concerning her death are highlighted in this study based on published material and the reminiscences of her contemporaries