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American Legends: The Life of Josephine Baker

American Legends: The Life of Josephine Baker

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new beginnings
4.0 out of 5 starsAwesome Women!
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 13, 2020
I was in a US Army training course when she passed. It was a major point of conversation at the time between the DI's and those in training. Although her name has come up since then, it wasn't until I read about the Harlem Renaissance that I really got a better picture of her life story and wanted to read more. I picked this book as the first stop. It is well written and covers the highlights of her life. All I can say is what an awesome woman and person she was, a singer, dancer, movies star, spy, wife, mother, activist- WOW she lived life to the fullest.

I was particularly interested in her work as a spy for the French Resistance as I had never heard that part of her story. The work she did as both a spy and as an entertainer during WW2 was amazing!

Her being a part (so rumored and observed I guess) was her being part of the LGBT community. This was a very good book that covered a lot of ground in just a few pages and did it well. Worth the read. I may now go on to something even more detailed.
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ME
3.0 out of 5 starsA very condensed life story
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 26, 2015
This was a quick read ( I read it in an afternoon) for a book about Josephine Baker. From her childhood in the slums of St. Louis to her death in 1975, the book covers all the events, people and places in the the life of this talented, compassionate woman who took Paris by storm in the 1920's on stage.
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new beginnings
4.0 out of 5 stars Awesome Women!
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 13, 2020
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I was in a US Army training course when she passed. It was a major point of conversation at the time between the DI's and those in training. Although her name has come up since then, it wasn't until I read about the Harlem Renaissance that I really got a better picture of her life story and wanted to read more. I picked this book as the first stop. It is well written and covers the highlights of her life. All I can say is what an awesome woman and person she was, a singer, dancer, movies star, spy, wife, mother, activist- WOW she lived life to the fullest.

I was particularly interested in her work as a spy for the French Resistance as I had never heard that part of her story. The work she did as both a spy and as an entertainer during WW2 was amazing!

Her being a part (so rumored and observed I guess) was her being part of the LGBT community. This was a very good book that covered a lot of ground in just a few pages and did it well. Worth the read. I may now go on to something even more detailed.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Easy read
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 13, 2021
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This was an easy read about a fascinating woman. What an inspirational and courageous person Josephine Baker was. Highly recommend reading anything about her.
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KSmith
4.0 out of 5 stars Good read
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 8, 2016
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I went to France late December 1955 by ship and arrived by train in Paris just before Christmas.there was a black slim black women greeting relatives or friends in the train station. I've always wondered if it was her.
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3.0 out of 5 stars A very condensed life story
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 26, 2015
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This was a quick read ( I read it in an afternoon) for a book about Josephine Baker. From her childhood in the slums of St. Louis to her death in 1975, the book covers all the events, people and places in the the life of this talented, compassionate woman who took Paris by storm in the 1920's on stage.
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Janine
5.0 out of 5 stars A beautiful life
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 2, 2016
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This books follows the life of Josephine Baker from abject poverty to very rich. She lived a very interesting life. Well worth your time. I would recommend very highly
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2.0 out of 5 stars More of a young adult book.
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 6, 2019
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Not interesting. Lacks detail. Most
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Lyn Ca.
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 5, 2015
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found alalot of things about her I did not know.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A very good condensed history
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 24, 2021
Enjoyed reading about this lady of whom I knew little
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Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 23, 2016
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Sonia Berry
5.0 out of 5 stars I was so engaged and intralled reading this book. I will never be or think about race relations the same way. I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I would have loved to see Josephine Baker perform.
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 6, 2019
I have throughly enjoyed reading this book. I have learned so much about the Civil Rights movement. She was so exceptional during WWII as a resistance warrior. I love this book so much. Reading it changed my life.
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