About this title: A biography of Billy Tipton, a jazz musician who was born female but who lived as a man for nearly five decades. Incorporating photographs, program notes, and other memorabilia from Tipton's personal archives, this biography pays attention to issues of gender identity and reveals the many clues that Tipton scattered in her performances regarding ...
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Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 326 p. Contains: Illustrations. read more
Description: New. 0395654890 Cover has very little shelf wear. No spine seams. No remainder mark. Pages are clean with no markings, no creases and no dog-ears. Trade Paperback. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: HOUGHTON MIFFLIN
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780395654897ISBN:0395654890
Description: Good in Good jacket. Type: Hard Cover Type: Ex-Library Jazz musician Billy Tipton grew up as Dorothy Tipton but lived as a man from the time she was 19 until she died at age 74. Tipton's death made news all over the world, not because he was celebrated as a musician but because the scale of his deception: he had "married" five women and had reared several adopted children. 60 photos. read more
Description: Very good. Book has appearance of light use with no easily noticeable wear. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Fine. Almost in new condition. Book shows only very slight signs of use. Cover and binding are undamaged and pages show minimal use. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: Illustrated. Annotated.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780395654897ISBN:0395654890
Description: Fine in very good dust jacket. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 326 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780395654897ISBN:0395654890
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Ex-Library Hard Cover-VG/VG-Ex-Library-First Edition w/full # string. 326 pages with index and photography throughout. read more
"Billy Tipton began life a little girl named Dorothy. She started passing as a man to be accepted in the jazz world. Ultimately he lived his entire life as a man and no one, apparently including most of his wives knew the difference.
Billy Tipton's life story is fascinating, unfortunately a huge portion of this book is "we can only imagine". The whole point of his "secret" is that it was a secret and he left no explanations behind. The actual facts in this book would make a good sized (albeit riveting) pamphlet."
"Fascinating biography of a jazz musician who "passed" as a man in the years of vaudeville and the Great Depression. Drawn to this because I have read Middlebrook's biographies of Sylvia Plath/Ted Hughes and Anne Sexton, and because Billy/Dorothy Tipton shared my birthdate, it was a curious snippet of history, although it leaves most questions still unanswered."
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