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Fists Upon a Star: A Memoir of Love, Theatre, and Escape from McCarthyism (CPS)
James, Florence Bean, Freeman, Jean
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Description for Fists Upon a Star: A Memoir of Love, Theatre, and Escape from McCarthyism (CPS)
Hardcover. Fists upon a Star is the hard-hitting memoir of Florence James, a pioneering American theatre director, whose devastating experience with McCarthyism led her to flee to Canada. Num Pages: 359 pages, 27. BIC Classification: ANF; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 734.
Fists Upon a Star is the hard-hitting memoir of Florence James, a pioneering American theatre director, whose devastating experience with McCarthyism led her to flee to Canada. The memoir is as epic as America itself. Born in 1892 in the frontier society of Idaho, she became a suffragette in New York City, was the first to put Jimmy Cagney on stage, and along with her husband, Burton, founded the Negro Repertory Theater and the nationally recognized Seattle Repertory Playhouse. With star appearances by Woody Guthrie and Helen Hayes, the memoir beautifully illustrates the evolution in her personal life and ... Read more
Fists Upon a Star is the hard-hitting memoir of Florence James, a pioneering American theatre director, whose devastating experience with McCarthyism led her to flee to Canada. The memoir is as epic as America itself. Born in 1892 in the frontier society of Idaho, she became a suffragette in New York City, was the first to put Jimmy Cagney on stage, and along with her husband, Burton, founded the Negro Repertory Theater and the nationally recognized Seattle Repertory Playhouse. With star appearances by Woody Guthrie and Helen Hayes, the memoir beautifully illustrates the evolution in her personal life and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Regina Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
359
Place of Publication
Regina, Canada
ISBN
9780889772601
SKU
V9780889772601
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About James, Florence Bean, Freeman, Jean
Jean Freeman is a children's book author and the recipient of ACTRA's Woman of the Year Award and an honorary doctorate from University of Regina for her work in broadcasting and the arts.
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