| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 247 pages) : illustrations |
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Spunky little rich girl -- Polly meets Harry -- How Polly became Caresse -- A woman of many trades -- Treasures for the Black Sun Press -- The death of Harry Crosby -- Business or pleasure -- Atlantic crossings -- Mind over matter -- Old friends, new friends -- A woman of influence -- Back in the avant-garde -- Mondialization -- Fame -- A thirty-year plan -- How to run a castle -- Keeping the faith |
| Summary |
Caresse Crosby rejected the culturally prescribed roles for women of her era and background in search of an independent, creative, and socially responsible life. Poet, memoirist, advocate of women's rights and the peace movement, Crosby published and promoted modern writers and artists such as Hart Crane, Dorothy Parker, Salvador Dalí, and Romare Bearden. She also earned a place in the world of fashion by patenting one of the earliest versions of the brassiere. Behind her public success was a chaotic life: three marriages, two divorces, the suicide of her husband Harry Crosby, s |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-238) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Crosby, Caresse, 1892-1970.
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| SUBJECT |
Crosby, Caresse, 1892-1970 fast |
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Poets, American -- 20th century -- Biography
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Publishers and publishing -- France -- Biography
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Americans -- France -- Paris -- History -- 20th century
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Literature publishing -- France -- Paris -- History -- 20th century
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POETRY -- American -- General.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary.
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Americans
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Intellectual life
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Literature publishing
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Poets, American
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Publishers and publishing
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Paris (France) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85098066
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France
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France -- Paris
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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History
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781441623355 |
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1441623353 |
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9780809386468 |
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0809386461 |
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1282139002 |
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9781282139008 |
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9786613808301 |
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661380830X |
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