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Author
Series
Secret Spy Society volume 1
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
95 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"It's a dark and stormy night when three sleuthing little girls get pulled into a web of mystery. They have mistakenly uncovered a secret society of some of the most famous female spies in history. A glamorous spy named Josephine Baker enlists the girls to find out who has kidnapped Chiquita, her precious pet cheetah. Do the girls have what it takes to become spies themselves?"--
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"In Agent Josephine, author Damien Lewis uncovers this little-known history of the famous singer's life. During the war years, as a member of the French Nurse paratroopers--a cover for her spying work--Baker participated in numerous clandestine activities and emerged as a formidable spy. In turn, she was a hero of the three countries in whose name she served--the US, France, and Britain"--
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Co
Pub. Date
[1989]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Tumpie, a young black girl who will later become famous as the dancer Josephine Baker, longs to find the opportunity to dance amid the poverty and vivacious street life of St. Louis in the early 1900s.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"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 brings to life Josephines early years in servitude and poverty in America, her rise to fame as a showgirl in her famous banana...
12) Paris Cat
Author
Publisher
Tiny Owl
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"A sassy cat from the back alleys of Paris believes she is quite different to the rest of the rabble. She can do anything she sets her mind to--even if others don't think so. Leaving her cat family behind, she sets off to explore Paris. Cat meets legendary singer Edith Piaf, creates her own stunning designs at a high-fashion atelier, and dances with the infamous dancer Josephine Baker and her cheetah. But is this the life she really wants? What about...
13) Josephine Baker
Author
Publisher
SelfMadeHero
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
English edition.
Physical Desc
568 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Josephine Baker (1906-1975) was nineteen years old when she found herself in Paris for the first time in 1925. Overnight, the young American dancer became the idol of the Roaring Twenties, captivating Picasso, Cocteau, Le Corbusier, and Simenon. In the liberating atmosphere of the 1930s, Baker rose to fame as the first black star on the world stage, from London to Vienna, Alexandria to Buenos Aires. After World War II, and her time in the French Resistance,...
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
A tribute to the life of the iconic jazz entertainer depicts her disadvantaged youth in a segregated America, her unique performance talents, and the irrepressible sense of style that helped her overcome racial barriers.
Author
Publisher
Sarah Crichton Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
xiii, 488 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The forefront British dance critic and award-nominated author of Bloomsbury Ballerina presents a revisionist assessment of the movement that shattered the boundaries of conventional femininity through the lives of six figures that exemplified it, including Lady Diana Cooper, Nancy Cunard, Tallulah Bankhead, Zelda Fitzgerald, Josephine Baker and Tamara de Lempicka.
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