American Rose: A Nation Laid Bare: The Life and Times of Gypsy Rose Lee

by Karen Abbott

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"NEW YORK TIMES "BESTSELLER With the critically acclaimed "Sin in the Second City," bestselling author Karen Abbott "pioneered sizzle history" ("USA Today"). Now she returns with the gripping and expansive story of America's coming-of-age--told through the extraordinary life of Gypsy Rose Lee and the world she survived and conquered. America in the Roaring Twenties. Vaudeville was king. Talking pictures were only a distant flicker. Speakeasies beckoned beyond dimly lit doorways; money flowed fast and free. But then, almost overnight, the Great Depression leveled everything. When the dust settled, Americans were primed for a star who could distract them from...Read more
  • ISBN10 1400066913
  • ISBN13 9781400066919
  • Publish Date 28 December 2010 (first published 1 January 2010)
  • Publish Status Remaindered
  • Out of Print 9 February 2016
  • Publish Country US
  • Publisher Random House USA Inc
  • Imprint Fodor's Travel Publications Inc.,U.S.
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 422
  • Language English