"More fun than a sex party " -- Barbette 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 beautiful aerialist drag queen who
became a scandalous sensation throughout the Roaring Twenties.
Performing his erotic, high-wire and trapeze routine in lavish,
feminine regalia, Barbette shocked audiences by revealing his true
gender at the very end of his act. From a child who picked cotton
and walked his mother's clothes line to headlining at the Moulin
Rouge in spectacular drag, Wildflower reveals long-forgotten
secrets of this enigmatic performer: his arrest in London on morals
charges, his bout with polio, his infamous collaborations with some
of Hollywood's greatest stars - Orson Welles, Vincente Minnelli and
Judy Garland, Jack Lemmon, and Tony Curtis as well as his hidden
affair with French surrealist Jean Cocteau. Wildflower reveals the
startling and at times heart-breaking story of Round Rock's first
and greatest drag queen.
General
| Imprint: |
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
April 2014 |
| First published: |
April 2014 |
| Authors: |
Kyle Taylor
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| Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 22mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
380 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-4948-3959-8 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
Promotions
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| LSN: |
1-4948-3959-8 |
| Barcode: |
9781494839598 |
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