His Eye Is On The Sparrow: An Autobiography (Quality Paperbacks Series)

Octavo, 8 1/4" tall, viii + 223 pages with black and white intertextual illustration, stiff illustrated wraps. A near fine, generally clean, neat sturdy paperback with light shelf wear, binding solid, paper cream white.

From Publisher:

"Here is a remarkable chronicle of the life and career of an extraordinary woman who had a major impact on American entertainment. With astonishing candor, Ethel Waters tells her dramatic and dazzling story: from a childhood of abject poverty, to her early success in Black vaudeville, to her rise into the top ranks of stardom with her memorable performances in Cabin in the Sky, Pinky, and The Member of the Wedding. Hers is both an engrossing record of a topsy-turvy career and, just as importantly, an invaluable social document that traces the changing landscape for African American entertainers in the first half of the twentieth century. One of our very best show-business memoirs, brimming with insights, humor, and an unbreakable spirit, His Eye Is on the Sparrow was a significant groundbreaker when first published in 1951--and remains an authentic American classic today."--Donald Bogle

Ethel Waters's His Eye Is on the Sparrow stands as perhaps the greatest autobiography of a black female performer, capturing both the horror and the joy of the African American woman's experience through the often bitter yet always forgiving voice of an indomitable spirit. This edition is supplemented with a new historical preface and over a dozen photographs.

Product Info

ISBN: 0306804778

ISBN-13: 9780306804779

Publisher: Da Capo Press; NY

Year: 1992-03-22

Type: Used

Binding: Softcover

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