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Candy Barr
Ted Schwarz
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Description for Candy Barr
Hardback. Juanita Slusher, aka Candy Barr was once a notorious burlesque dancer known for her athletic choreography and live music accompaniment, commanding as much as $2,000 a week in 1950s Vegas. But growing up as Juanita, her troubled life began when her sister sold her virginity for a dollar. This book presents her story. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white plates. BIC Classification: BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 160 x 29. Weight in Grams: 599.
Born Juanita Slusher in Edna, Texas, in 1935, the entertainer who became Candy Barr was perhaps the last great dancer in burlesque, a stripper who insisted on live, improvisational music and who at one time commanded $2,000 a week in 1950s Las Vegas. But as Juanita she had started life as a prematurely well-developed thirteen-year-old runaway victimized by a Dallas ritual known as "the capture" that enslaved her into prostitution, for a time turning over 4,000 tricks a year before she was able to escape. A lover of Mickey Cohen's and friend to Jack Ruby, Barr's tumultuous life included a ... Read more
Born Juanita Slusher in Edna, Texas, in 1935, the entertainer who became Candy Barr was perhaps the last great dancer in burlesque, a stripper who insisted on live, improvisational music and who at one time commanded $2,000 a week in 1950s Las Vegas. But as Juanita she had started life as a prematurely well-developed thirteen-year-old runaway victimized by a Dallas ritual known as "the capture" that enslaved her into prostitution, for a time turning over 4,000 tricks a year before she was able to escape. A lover of Mickey Cohen's and friend to Jack Ruby, Barr's tumultuous life included a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Taylor Trade Publishing United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
Lanham, United States
ISBN
9781589793415
SKU
V9781589793415
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Ref
99-15
About Ted Schwarz
Ted Schwarz is the author, co-author, or "ghost" of more than 100 books, including the bestselling The Hillside Strangler. He lives in Cleveland, Ohio.
Reviews for Candy Barr
Schwarz tells her story in honest detail. ... and he does an excellent job of portraying her painful and complex life and times.
Library Journal
[A] compelling, brutal tragedy set against a country’s loss of innocence.
Publishers Weekly
Library Journal
[A] compelling, brutal tragedy set against a country’s loss of innocence.
Publishers Weekly