Jean Claude Baker

The best biography about Josephine Baker.

Born into poverty in St. Louis, the uninhibited chorus girl became the sensation of Europe and the last century's first black sex symbol.

A heroine of the French Resistance in World War II, she entranced figures as diverse as de Gaulle, Tito, Castro, Princess Grace, two popes, and Martin Luther King, Jr.

Adopting too many children, 'her Rainbow Tribe', led to bankrupcy and forced her to keep performing.
Her last show at Bobino was a triumph, but it coused her her death.

Jean-Claude Baker was Josephine's non official adopted last child and her compnion fon tour. Till he too fell out of grace.
The book also reveals her outbursts that resulted in lasting feuds, her imperious treatment of family and entourage members, and her ambivalent attitudes concerning her ethnic background.

Reconciling Josephine's many personas-Jazz-age icon, national hero of France, proponent of Civil Rights, mother of children from across the globe-Josephine: The Hungry Heart gives readers the inside story on a star unlike any other before or since.

Based on twenty years of research and thousands of interviews, this authoritative biography of performer Josephine Baker (1906-1975) provides a candid look at her tempestuous life.

First edition - 532 pages - fully illustrated - hardcover 17.15 x 4.45 x 24.13 cm