Displaying 1 of 1 2007 Format: Book Author: Flinn, Caryl. Title: Brass diva : the life and legends of Ethel Merman / Caryl Flinn. Publisher, Date: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2007. Description: xiv, 542 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. Subjects: Merman, Ethel. Singers -- United States -- Biography. Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography. Notes: "Roth Family Foundation music in America imprint." Includes bibliographical references (p. 473-524), discography (p. 437-442), filmography (p. 463-471), and index. "Stage work": p. 443-461. Contents: Beginnings -- From stenographer to star -- The early thirties -- To Hollywood and back again -- Broadway's brightest : the early forties -- Forging a family -- What comes natur'lly : Annie get your gun -- Call me madam -- A more complex image -- Madam in Hollywood -- Life with Six -- There's no business like show business -- From Mrs. Six to Mama Rose -- Gypsy : Ethel Merman's musical fable -- It's a mad, mad schedule -- The sixties and the art of love -- After the big stem--the seventies -- Twilight and transformation -- Afterlife. LCCN: 2007029515 ISBN: 9780520229426 0520229428 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 204094 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: BIO Merman Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
