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Natural blonde : a memoir /

"Memoir of Mary Elizabeth Smith [Liz Smith], who grew up to become the highest-paid print journalist in the world."--Jacket.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smith, Liz, 1923-2017 (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Hyperion, [2000]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Smith, Liz, > 1923-2017.
Gossip columnists > United States > Biography.
Women journalists > United States > Biography.
Échotiers > États-Unis > Biographies.
Smith, Liz, > 1923-2017
Gossip columnists.
United States.
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Table of Contents:
  • Frozen justice in Texas
  • Daddy/Sloan
  • My life with the Japanese
  • Hemphill Street
  • Lower education
  • That old-time religion
  • The cowboy college
  • War and marriage
  • Higher and higher education
  • Which way's town?????
  • Top and bottom bananas
  • Hooray for Hollywood
  • Lena Mary Calhoun
  • Radio days and TV, too
  • The cowardly lion
  • The gloryfier
  • When in Rome
  • Peacock's end
  • Igor/Cholly/Ghighi
  • A tiny little lady
  • Marry Freddie?
  • High and low society
  • "Go fuck yourself!"
  • Smile! You're on candid camera
  • The Cosmo years
  • Shrunk by Mildred
  • The sporting life
  • "Eat your heart out!"
  • Elizabeth the Queen
  • Readin' ... Writin' ... No arithmetic!
  • First class to Russia
  • My leading men
  • Loving Lee
  • The sexual outlaw
  • Christian soldiers
  • What's in the daily news? (I'll tell ya what's in the daily news)
  • Magic xx
  • The Truman Show
  • To Sir, with love
  • How I really got into TV and the charity rat race
  • Kennedys forever
  • Scooping the world while eating a Snickers
  • My love affair with Frank Sinatra
  • Fasten your seat belt
  • The towering Trumps
  • The chairman of capitalism
  • Indians and chiefs
  • But please don't print it!
  • The bad, the bad and the ugly
  • A few fascinating women
  • A few fascinating men
  • To be or not to be
  • Double duty
  • The sinking ship
  • Great tits
  • Why did Barry Diller give me $600,000?
  • Unbind my asparagus
  • The dancer dies
  • Off the back of trains
  • What's typical?
  • Just bragging
  • My modern women
  • The greatest star
  • I think ... I believe
  • A happy ending?