First Lady of Laughs: The Forgotten Story of Jean Carroll, America's First Jewish Woman Stand-Up Comedian - Hardcover
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Language:EnglishPublisher:New York University PressISBN-13:9781479818150ISBN-10:1479818151UPC:9781479818150Book Category:History, Biography & Autobiography, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Jewish, Women's StudiesSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 1.40 inchesWeight:1.3514Product ID:SCF4R55F4M
First Lady of Laughs: The Forgotten Story of Jean Carroll, America's First Jewish Woman Stand-Up Comedian
Before Hacks and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, there was the comedienne who started it all
First Lady of Laughs tells the story of Jean Carroll, the first Jewish woman to become a star in the field we now call stand-up comedy. Though rarely mentioned among the pantheon of early stand-up comics such as Henny Youngman and Lenny Bruce, Jean Carroll rivaled or even outshone the male counterparts of her...Language:EnglishPublisher:New York University PressISBN-13:9781479818150ISBN-10:1479818151UPC:9781479818150Book Category:History, Biography & Autobiography, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Jewish, Women's StudiesSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 1.40 inchesWeight:1.3514Product ID:SCF4R55F4M
Grace Kessler Overbeke is Assistant Professor in the Department of Theatre at Columbia College, Chicago.
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