Josephine: The Hungry Heart.
BAKER, Jean-Claude and Chris Chase.
Josephine: The Hungry Heart.
First Edition of Josephine: The Hungry Heart; Signed by Both Jean-Claude Baker and Chris Chase
New York: Random House, 1993.
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First edition of this biography on Josephine Baker. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Signed by both authors on the dedication page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Based on twenty years of research and thousands of interviews, this authoritative biography of performer Josephine Baker (1906-1975) provides a candid look at her tempestuous life. Born into poverty in St. Louis, the uninhibited chorus girl became the sensation of Europe and the last century's first black sex symbol. A heroine of the French Resistance in World War II, she entranced figures as diverse as de Gaulle, Tito, Castro, Princess Grace, two popes, and Martin Luther King, Jr. Yet Josephine was also, as one critic put it, "a monster who made Joan Crawford look like the Virgin Mary." Jean-Claude Baker's book also reveals her outbursts that resulted in lasting feuds, her imperious treatment of family and entourage members, and her ambivalent attitudes concerning her ethnic background.
