Queen of Vaudeville: The Story of Eva Tanguay

by Andrew L. Erdman

In her day, Eva Tanguay (1879-1947) was one of the most famous women in America. Widely known as the "I Don't Care Girl"--named after a song she popularized and her independent, even brazen persona--Tanguay established herself as a vaudeville and musical comedy star in 1901 with the New York City premiere of the show My Lady--and never looked back. Tanguay was, at the height of a long career that stretched until the early 1930s, a trend-setting...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801449707
• ISBN13: 9780801449703
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.5"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher