Feuding Fan Dancers: Faith Bacon, Sally Rand, and the Golden Age of the Showgirl

Feuding Fan Dancers: Faith Bacon, Sally Rand, and the Golden Age of the Showgirl - Paperback

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Feuding Fan Dancers: Faith Bacon, Sally Rand, and the Golden Age of the Showgirl - Paperback

Feuding Fan Dancers: Faith Bacon, Sally Rand, and the Golden Age of the Showgirl - Paperback

by Leslie Zemeckis
$17.95
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Book Overview

"Detailed, deeply researched, and compelling." --Chicago Tribune


Historian Leslie Zemeckis reveals the lost stories of Sally Rand and Faith Bacon--icons who each claimed to be the inventor of the notorious fan dance. Nearly one hundred years later, both women come alive again.
ISBN9781640092655
Author Leslie Zemeckis
PublisherCounterpoint LLC
GenreBiography and Education
FormatPaperback
PublishedOctober 2019
LanguageENG- English
Pages336
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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Leslie Zemeckis is the author of Behind the Burly Q, the definitive history of burlesque. She wrote/produced/directed the critically acclaimed documentary based on the book, which has been championed by USA Today and The New Yorker. Behind the Burly Q has just been optioned for a television series and a pilot is under-development. She released "Bound by Flesh," a multi-award winning documentary about vaudeville Siamese twin superstars Daisy and Violet Hilton, in 2014. She is an actress and filmmaker.

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