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Wildflower : the dramatic life of Barbette--Round Rock's first and greatest drag queen /

"Long before Ru Paul eyed his first pair of six inch stilettos or Boy George donned his colorful caftan, a young man from the small town of Round Rock, Texas, barnstormed the stages of Europe's most lavish theaters and night clubs as Barbette, a stunningly-beautiful aerialist drag queen wh...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Taylor, Kyle (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: [United States] : CreateSpace, 2014.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Barbette, Vander, > 1904-1973 > Fiction.
Drag queens > Texas > Round Rock > Fiction.
Aerialists > Fiction.
Music-halls > France > Fiction.
Round Rock (Tex.) > Fiction.
Voltigeurs (Cirque) > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Aerialists.
Female impersonators.
Music-halls.
France.
Texas > Round Rock.
Fiction.
Biographical fiction.
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Summary:"Long before Ru Paul eyed his first pair of six inch stilettos or Boy George donned his colorful caftan, a young man from the small town of Round Rock, Texas, barnstormed the stages of Europe's most lavish theaters and night clubs as Barbette, a stunningly-beautiful aerialist drag queen who became a scandalous sensation throughout the roaring twenties"--Publisher.
Item Description:The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture.
Physical Description:379 pages ; 23 cm
ISBN:9781494839598
1494839598