Suits Me - by Diane Wood Middlebrook (Paperback)

Name: Suits Me - by Diane Wood Middlebrook (Paperback)
Brand: Mariner Books
SKU: 78513363
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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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About the Book

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.

Book Synopsis

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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