Overview

""It's a riotous, raucous story, and Wightman is particularly adept at bringing the people around her to life . . . An often exhilarating ride.""-Kirkus Reviews How did a debutante from LakeForest, Illinois, end up in Boston's notorious ""Combat Zone"" and become itsmost famous stripper? What led her to convert to Islam and get engaged to CatStevens? And how did she end up traveling and performing with Andy Kaufman and hosting a radioshow for the sexually bewildered opposite Dr. Ruth? In 1977, an eighteen-year-old LucyJohnson stripped out of her bellbottoms and Birkenstocks and was crowned thefeature attraction at the Naked i Cabaret. Local and national media took noteof her toney background and, for the next eleven years, she strutted her wayinto Beantown history as the ""Socialite Stripper."" InPrincess Cheyenne,LucyWightmanrecounts her wild, Zeligesque life both in and out of the Naked i. Smart and uproarious, this is the untold story of a legendary performer whose stage name is synonymous with ""The Zone,"" Boston's most mythical district, and a fount of nostalgia and wonder tothis day.

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9781949590876

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“I loved this debutante-to-stripper memoir. I couldn't put it down. Everyone's heard of the legendary Princess Cheyenne, but it turns out the story of Lucy Wightman is way more compelling.”—Jim Braude, WGBH Boston  “No one who saw Princess Cheyenne physically bare all at the Naked i in Boston’s Combat Zone during the ’70s and ’80s will be surprised that she brings the same wit, grace, and fearlessness to telling her singular story. Her anecdotes about some of the people who threw themselves at her feet—among them the singer Cat Stevens and comedian Andy Kaufman—will keep readers fascinated and titillated until the final curtain.”—The Hull Times

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Lucy Wightman lives on Cape Cod.

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