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<br> It is simply impossible to read [this] book and not fall in love with Gypsy's tenacity, wit and confounding, beguiling, oh-so-American mix of self-mythology and self-awareness. -- Washington Post <br><br> The first truly scholarly biography of Gypsy Rose Lee. And in the same way that much of today's neo-burlesque phenomenon is fueled by feminist underpinnings, so too does Frankel, in this exhaustively researched work, reveal the forward-thinking politics of this burlesque pioneer. -- Bust Magazine <br><br> Frankel has done a commendable job sorting through the myths, embellishments, and falsehoods that Lee and the show-business publicity mill spread throughout the years. Her book reveals Lee's significance to the history of popular culture...She does an excellent job of situating Lee within the culture of show business in the 1930s and 1940s. -- Reviews in American History <br><br>

full of fascinating details Rochdale Observer ...careful and candid...Frankel's critical distance does nothing to detract from just how extraordinary Louise Hovick - the name Gypsy was born with - really was. From her beginnings in burlesque in the 1930s to her death in 1970 when she had become a brand as well as a legend, Gypsy received more media coverage than almost any other woman. -Times Literary Supplement

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Noralee Frankel is the Assistant Director, Women, Minorities, and Teaching at the American Historical Association. Her books include Freedom's Women: Black Women and Families in Civil War Era Mississippi and Break Those Chains at Last: African Americans, 1860-1880 (OUP, 1996). She lives in the Washington, D.C, area.

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