Bessie Smith
By: Jackie Kay.
Series: Outlines
Publisher: Absolute Press; Absolute; distributed in the USA and Canada by Stewart, Tabori and Chang
Published: 1997
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 160
Subjects: Smith, Bessie, -- 1894-1937; Singers -- United States -- Biography.
Description: The author presents the great blues singer, from her early days with Ma and Pa Rainer in the Moses Stokes Travelling Show, through her disastrous marriage and various lesbian affairs to her wild lifestyle on the road in her yellow Pullman railroad car.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.