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Century Girl

by Lauren Redniss

Biography & MemoirHistorical FictionThriller

2006

A biography of the Ziegfeld star discusses the social and cultural movements that shaped her career, in a portrait that discusses such topics as her entry into the Ziegfeld Follies at the age of fourteen and her interactions with numerous famous figures.

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