America's Mistress - The Life and Times of Miss Eartha Kitt by John L. Williams (, Hardcover)5/5(1). John L. Williams' moving and unsettling biography shows a star adrift in a bewildering new America torn apart by the Civil Rights movement. Shunned by many of her former friends, shocked by her country's insiduous racism, and with a perilously fragile sense of her own identity, Eartha Kitt would pay the price that came from trying to be America's mistress/5(). Strait-laced, pre-civil rights America wasn't ready for Eartha Kitt. Waiting for others to be ready was never her style. in America's Mistress John L. Williams captures the person behind the myth in this engaging biography but also race relations in Twentieth-century America/5().
This is a very well-written and well-researched account of Eartha's life. But in the end, I felt a bit shortchanged. Much detail is given to Eartha's life before the infamous luncheon with Lady Bird Johnson that Eartha felt was a pivotal event in her life and career. However, the remaining 40 years of Eartha's life are given less than John L. Williams' moving and unsettling biography shows a star adrift in a bewildering new America torn apart by the Civil Rights movement. Shunned by many of her former friends, shocked by her country's insidious racism, and with a perilously fragile sense of her own identity, Eartha Kitt would pay the price that came from trying to be America. A British journalist named John Williams wrote a biography about her titled "America's Mistress: Eartha Kitt, Her Life and Times" and claimed Kitt's dad was Daniel Sturkie, a local white doctor.
Summary. Eartha Kitt was a force in the Entertainment industry and an Icon who opened doors for so many women especially women of color during a time when it wasn't popular in America. Based on. Beyond that, few surely know she was as successful on stage as in the cabaret clubs of the Fifties. John Williams, biographer of Shirley Bassey and Malcolm X, aims to resurrect Kitt and to place. Americas Mistress Eartha Kitt, Her Life and Times. Posted by zevyp under 3. Americas Mistress The Life and Times of Eartha Kitt Williams, John.
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