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Becoming something : the story of Canada Lee

Title
Becoming something : the story of Canada Lee / Mona Z. Smith.
Author
Smith, Mona Z., 1962-
Publication
New York : Faber and Faber, 2004.
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xvii, 430 p., [16] p. of plates : ill.; 24 cm.
Subject
  • Lee, Canada
  • Motion picture actors and actresses > United States > Biography
  • African American motion picture actors and actresses > Biography
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [371]-409) and index.
Contents
Always chasing rainbows: the music -- Runnin' wild: the races -- Life can be so sweet: the ring -- Nice work if you can get it: the stage -- Broadway melody: bona fide star -- Why don't you do right: on the road with Jim Crow -- California, here I come: Hollywood, war, romance -- Stormy weather: boy gets girl, girl disappears[pears -- No business like show business: white way and whiteface -- Body and soul: red scared -- Trouble, trouble: Russian spies and pink paint -- Baby, it's cold outside: friendships betrayed -- No greater love: then comes marriage -- So little time: fight to the death -- Blues requiem: speak of me as I am.
Call Number
Sc E 04-1198
ISBN
0571211429 (alk. paper)
LCCN
2003027828
OCLC
54001226
Author
Smith, Mona Z., 1962-
Title
Becoming something : the story of Canada Lee / Mona Z. Smith.
Imprint
New York : Faber and Faber, 2004.
Edition
1st ed.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [371]-409) and index.
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