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Hell's Belles: A Tribute to the Spitfires, Bad Seeds and Steel Magnolias of the New and...
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Hell's Belles: A Tribute to the Spitfires, Bad Seeds and Steel Magnolias of the New and...
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by Seale Ballenger
Sales Rank : 522756
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Paperback: 288 pages
Publisher: Red Wheel / Weiser October 1, 1997
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1573240966
ISBN-13: 978-1573240963
Product Dimensions:
7 x 7 x 0.9 inches
Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
Product Review
Bad seeds, belles-lettres, rule breakers, shrieking violets, bar belles--how could any collection of impudent sketches that celebrates and lampoons the American Southern belle go wrong? Most of the women on these pages are instantly recognizable. Among those whose exploits or imagination vaulted them to fame are writers Carson McCullers and Anne Rice; emancipator Harriet Tubman; actress and one-time town owner Kim Basinger; ex-Black Panther Angela Davis; '30s outlaw Bonnie Parker; and mascara maven Tammy Faye Baker. A few little-knowns and relative newcomers have elbowed their way on stage, too: Dorothy Allison, author of Bastard out of Carolina; Anna Edson Taylor, the first barrel-rider over Niagra Falls; and women's basketball star Luisa Harris-Stewart.
Product Description
Historically stereotyped as well-bred ladies, Southern women have beneath their unruffled exteriors a strength and passion that gives the South its backbone. This hilarious, racy, irreverent, and loving celebration features 200 strong Southern women of diverse backgrounds, who have taken no guff while leaving their magnolia-scented or Crisco-laden marks upon the world. 50 photos.
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