Title: Love, Janis
Description: "Janis Joplin blazed across the 1960s music scene, electrifying audiences with her staggering voice, unforgettable performances, and her explosive public persona as a tough-talking and a hard-drinking blues mama. By the time her life was cut tragically short by a heroin overdose, she had become the stuff of a rock-and-roll legend. Inspired by more than one hundred letters Janis wrote home throughout her career, her sister Laura gives an unbiased and full-blooded look at a talented artist who was deeply misunderstood"--Cover page 4.
Subjects: Biography, Blues musicians, Rock musicians, Singers, Joplin, janis, 1943-1970, Singers, united states, Rock musicians, united states
Places: United States
People: Janis Joplin, Janis Joplin (1943-1970)