She's a Rebel
Subtitle: The History of Women in Rock'n'roll
Publisher: Cassell & Co (A member of the Orion Publishing Group)
Published: February 11, 1993
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 460
ISBN-13: 9780713723793
Subjects: Rock & pop; Postwar period, 1945 to c 2000; Women's studies
First sentence: On July 25,1984, Willie Mae Thornton died in Los Angeles of heart and liver complications, probably brought on by years of alcohol abuse which had reduced the one-time 350-pound "Big Mama" Thornton to a mere ninety-five pounds.