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Suits Me - by Diane Wood Middlebrook (Paperback) - 1 of 1

Suits Me - by Diane Wood Middlebrook (Paperback)

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  • The jazz pianist Billy Tipton was born in Oklahoma City as Dorothy Tipton, but almost nobody knew the truth until the day he died, in Spokane in 1989.
  • Author(s): Diane Wood Middlebrook
  • 326 Pages
  • Biography + Autobiography, Women

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The jazz pianist Billy Tipton was born in Oklahoma City as Dorothy Tipton, but almost nobody knew the truth until the day he died. This jazz era biography evokes the rich, popular-music history of the Great Depression and reads like a detective story. 60 photos.



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The jazz pianist Billy Tipton was born in Oklahoma City as Dorothy Tipton, but almost nobody knew the truth until the day he died, in Spokane in 1989. Over a fifty-year performing career, Billy Tipton fooled nearly everyone, including Duke Ellington and Norma Teagarden, five successive "wives" with whom Billy lived as a man, and three children who he "fathered." As Billy Tipton herself said, "Some people might think I'm a freak or a hermaphrodite. I'm not. I'm a normal person. This has been my choice." This jazz-era biography evokes the rich popular-music history of the Great Depression and reads like a detective story.



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"Diane Middlebrook is now writing the life of Billy Tipton . . . It should be the paradigmatic biography of our time." Newsweek


Dimensions (Overall): 9.0 Inches (H) x 6.0 Inches (W) x 1.0 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.1 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 326
Genre: Biography + Autobiography
Sub-Genre: Women
Publisher: Mariner Books
Format: Paperback
Author: Diane Wood Middlebrook
Language: English
Street Date: June 16, 1999
TCIN: 78513363
UPC: 9780395957899
Item Number (DPCI): 247-10-1811
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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