Bessie
Subtitle: Revised and expanded edition
Edition: Rev Exp edition
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: June 10, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780300099027
Subjects: Biography: film, television & music; Blues; 20th century; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; Biography/Autobiography; USA; Composers & Musicians - Rhythm & Blues; People of Color; Women; History / General; Smith, Bessie; General; 1894-1937; Biography; Singers; Smith, Bessie,; United States
First sentence: On Monday, October 4, 1937, Philadelphia witnessed one of the most spectacular funerals in its history.