Bricktop [Paperback]

Bricktop w/Jim Haskins (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 15, 1999

Hers is the candid, high-spirited story of a scrappy redhead colored girl from West Virginia and Chicago who combined her unerring eye for talent and chich with a uniquely American brashness and an eminently European sophistication to become the toast of two continents.

Product Details

• Paperback: 300 pages
• Publisher: Welcome Rain Publishers (August 15, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1566491142
• ISBN-13: 978-1566491143
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #944,731 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars FAMOUS AND REMEMBERED AMERICAN BLACK NIGHT CLUB PERSONALITY. HER NAME WAS BRICKTOP, May 4, 2009

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sam dennis "rop cottage" (Long Island, NY) - See all my reviews

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READING THIS BRINGS UP UNKNOWN AND KNOWN REMININESSENCES OF A PAST ERA IN US, FRANCE, ITALY, & MEXICO FROM A STRONG WILLED WOMAN OF COLOR. SHE DOESN'T MINCE WORDS IN THIS FAST MOVING, BITTERSWEET MEMOIR OF THIS FACINATION POWERHOUSE IN THE DEEP DEMI MONDE OF INTERNATIONAL NIGHTCLUBS. FAMOUS NAMES AND PLACES OF YORE. SHE WAS AN ORIGINAL. FACINATING.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Book, September 15, 2008

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Prince Moore (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews
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I bought the book for a friend Yve Evans thet was playing Bricktop in a stage play. It was very helpful. Yve enjoyed the book and it helped her better understand the woman she was playing.....

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Old Memories, January 6, 2012

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Alex J. Vallas "Alex V." (PA) - See all my reviews
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I knew Bricktop and used to frequent her nightclub in Rome frequently. I had met Ava Gardner there, who was with Anthony Franciosa. That night, Bricktop asked her to leave as she was so drunk she could hardly stand up. The papparazzi were waiting outside. She was downing champagne, beer and brandy -- alternating. The club always had celebraties and Bricktop was very entertaining. Everyone loved to hear her sign "Miss Otis Regrets.' I was also there one night when Ella Fitzgerald was there to celebrate her birthday. Saw and met numerous other stars in this very small club. Great memories revived with this book.