American cocktail : a "colored girl" in the world /

Rollicking, never-before-published memoir of a fascinating woman with an uncanny knack for being in the right place in the most interesting times. Of racially mixed heritage, Anita Reynolds was proudly African American but often passed for Indian, Mexican, or Creole. Actress, dancer, model, literary...

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Main Author: Reynolds, Anita Thompson Dickinson, 1901-1980
Other Authors: Hutchinson, George, 1953- (Editor), Miller, Howard M.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2014.
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