Janis : her life and music / Holly George-Warren.
Janis : her life and music / Holly George-Warren.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2019.
Call Numbers
G 2020/0673
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xv, 377 pages, 32 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction -- Pioneer stock -- Tomboy -- Thrill seeker -- "Beat weeds" -- "18 and fucked up" -- Hell raiser -- Waller Creek boy -- Blues singer -- Meth freak and the Saturday night swindle -- Texas coed -- Big Brother's chick singer -- "The idol of my generation" -- "Haight-Ashbury's first pinup"...
Publication information
Publisher
New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2019.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2019.
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"This blazingly intimate biography of Janis Joplin establishes the Queen of Rock & Roll as the rule-breaking musical trailblazer and complicated, gender-bending rebel she was. Janis Joplin's first transgressive act was to be a white girl who gained an early sense of the power of the blues, music you could only find on obscure records and in roadhou...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Janis : her life and music / Holly George-Warren.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
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Notes
General note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [323]-352) and index.
Contextual Information
Date Copyright
©2019
Identifiers
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Call Numbers
G 2020/0673
Record Identifier
74VKaZaQ0eoX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaZaQ0eoX
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ISBN
1476793107 hardcover
9781476793108 hardcover
DDC
782.42166092 B
MMS ID
991024290911302626
