📖 Chapter Book Bios

Accessible, engaging biographies written for young readers just graduating to longer texts, bringing real-life figures to vivid life in digestible chapters.

101 Amazing Facts about J.K. Rowling

by Holger Weßling • 2019

From welfare to a billion dollars: the backstory of Hogwarts in 101 digestible facts.

👤 Author Biography 📚 Literary Trivia 🔍 Behind The Books

101 Amazing Facts about J.K. Rowling Summary

101 Amazing Facts about J.K. Rowling 89%

From welfare to a billion dollars: the backstory of Hogwarts in 101 digestible facts.

by Holger Weßling 2019

👤 Author Biography 📚 Literary Trivia 🔍 Behind The Books

Gifted Hands, Revised Kids Edition

by Gregg Lewis • 2009

A fifth-grade failure becomes a world-famous neurosurgeon. Two household rules, one library card.

4.38

3k+

🩺 Medical Biography 📚 Reading And Literacy 🙏 Faith And Medicine

Gifted Hands, Revised Kids Edition Summary

Gifted Hands, Revised Kids Edition 89%

A fifth-grade failure becomes a world-famous neurosurgeon. Two household rules, one library card.

by Gregg Lewis 2009

4.38

3k+ ratings

🩺 Medical Biography 📚 Reading And Literacy 🙏 Faith And Medicine

The Truth About Trump

by Michael D'Antonio • 2015

A Queens developer's decades-long project of self-invention, and how it conquered America.

3.54

795

🏛️ Political Biographies 💼 Business Moguls 👨‍👦 Family Dynasties

The Truth About Trump 88%

A Queens developer's decades-long project of self-invention, and how it conquered America.

by Michael D'Antonio 2015

3.54

795 ratings

🏛️ Political Biographies 💼 Business Moguls 👨‍👦 Family Dynasties

Ultimate Football Heroes

by Matt Oldfield • 2019

Moved from striker to defender against his will. It made him a Champions League winner.

4.65

237

⚽ Soccer Biographies 💪 Overcoming Setbacks 📘 Reluctant Readers

Ultimate Football Heroes 88%

Moved from striker to defender against his will. It made him a Champions League winner.

by Matt Oldfield 2019

4.65

237 ratings

⚽ Soccer Biographies 💪 Overcoming Setbacks 📘 Reluctant Readers

Dream It! Do It! (The People, The Places, The Projects)

by Marty Sklar • 2013

Marty Sklar wrote Walt's final words. Then he spent 50 years building the impossible at Disney.

3.94

2k+

🎢 Theme Park Design 🧠 Creative Leadership 🏛️ Business History

Dream It! Do It! (The People, The Places, The Projects) Summary

Dream It! Do It! (The People, The Places, The Projects) 88%

Marty Sklar wrote Walt's final words. Then he spent 50 years building the impossible at Disney.

by Marty Sklar 2013

3.94

2k+ ratings

🎢 Theme Park Design 🧠 Creative Leadership 🏛️ Business History

The Mark of a Giant

by Ted Stewart • 2013

Ambition usually grabs. In seven lives that reshaped the world, it gave.

3.96

288

🏛️ History Makers 🏔️ Perseverance Stories 📖 Inspirational Biography

The Mark of a Giant 88%

Ambition usually grabs. In seven lives that reshaped the world, it gave.

by Ted Stewart 2013

3.96

288 ratings

🏛️ History Makers 🏔️ Perseverance Stories 📖 Inspirational Biography

It's Never Too Late to Begin Again

by Julia Cameron • 2016

A London workhouse boy invented the world's most famous character. Then the world demanded he speak.

4.12

1k+

🎞️ Silent Cinema 🎭 Comedy Theory 🎨 Creative Autonomy

It's Never Too Late to Begin Again Summary

It's Never Too Late to Begin Again 88%

A London workhouse boy invented the world's most famous character. Then the world demanded he speak.

by Julia Cameron 2016

4.12

1k+ ratings

🎞️ Silent Cinema 🎭 Comedy Theory 🎨 Creative Autonomy

Home

by Julie Andrews Edwards • 2008

Her stepfather taught her to sing. Her mother couldn't protect her. The stage became home.

3.97

22k+

🎬 Celebrity Memoir 🎭 Theater Memoir 👧 Child Performer

Home 88%

Her stepfather taught her to sing. Her mother couldn't protect her. The stage became home.

by Julie Andrews Edwards 2008

3.97

22k+ ratings

🎬 Celebrity Memoir 🎭 Theater Memoir 👧 Child Performer

There's No Going Back

by David M. Stewart • 2025

Punk rock, Haitian activism, and radical trust: how a Corman pupil built an unlikely Oscar career.

3.76

🎬 Independent Cinema 🎥 Director Biographies 🎵 Music In Film

There's No Going Back 88%

Punk rock, Haitian activism, and radical trust: how a Corman pupil built an unlikely Oscar career.

by David M. Stewart 2025

3.76

21 ratings

🎬 Independent Cinema 🎥 Director Biographies 🎵 Music In Film

The Code Breaker -- Young Readers Edition

by Walter Isaacson • 2022

Bacteria invented gene editing. One scientist who ignored every 'no' taught us to use it.

4.23

137

🧬 Gene Editing 🔬 Molecular Biology 👩‍🔬 Women In Science

The Code Breaker -- Young Readers Edition Summary

The Code Breaker -- Young Readers Edition 88%

Bacteria invented gene editing. One scientist who ignored every 'no' taught us to use it.

by Walter Isaacson 2022

4.23

137 ratings

🧬 Gene Editing 🔬 Molecular Biology 👩‍🔬 Women In Science

J.K. Rowling

by Marc Shapiro • 2000

A single mother, a café table, a sleeping baby: where the world's biggest book series began.

3.90

5k+

🖋️ Author Biographies 👧 Young Reader Biographies 💰 Rags To Riches

J.K. Rowling 88%

A single mother, a café table, a sleeping baby: where the world's biggest book series began.

by Marc Shapiro 2000

3.90

5k+ ratings

🖋️ Author Biographies 👧 Young Reader Biographies 💰 Rags To Riches

Working

by Robert A. Caro • 2019

How one biographer's archival obsession made Robert Moses and Lyndon Johnson give up their secrets.

4.45

8k+

🔍 Biographical Research 📰 Narrative Journalism 📜 Archival Research

Working 88%

How one biographer's archival obsession made Robert Moses and Lyndon Johnson give up their secrets.

by Robert A. Caro 2019

4.45

8k+ ratings

🔍 Biographical Research 📰 Narrative Journalism 📜 Archival Research

The World's Strongest Librarian

by Josh Hanagarne • 2013

A six-foot-seven librarian with Tourette's turns to kettlebells and breathing for relief.

3.82

13k+

📚 Librarian Memoirs 🧠 Tourette Syndrome 💪 Strength Training

The World's Strongest Librarian 88%

A six-foot-seven librarian with Tourette's turns to kettlebells and breathing for relief.

by Josh Hanagarne 2013

3.82

13k+ ratings

📚 Librarian Memoirs 🧠 Tourette Syndrome 💪 Strength Training

The Acid Queen

by Susannah Cahalan • 2025

Two hundred acid trips, one prison escape, 24 years underground: the woman behind Timothy Leary.

3.78

1k+

🧪 Psychedelic History 👩‍🎤 Women'S Biography 🕵️‍♀️ Fugitive Lives

The Acid Queen 88%

Two hundred acid trips, one prison escape, 24 years underground: the woman behind Timothy Leary.

by Susannah Cahalan 2025

3.78

1k+ ratings

🧪 Psychedelic History 👩‍🎤 Women'S Biography 🕵️‍♀️ Fugitive Lives

The Gospel According to Coco Chanel

by Karen Karbo • 2009

From orphan to icon: Chanel's lessons on style, money, love, and never needing permission.

3.53

3k+

🧵 Fashion Biography 👑 Iconic Women 🇫🇷 French Style

The Gospel According to Coco Chanel Summary

The Gospel According to Coco Chanel 88%

From orphan to icon: Chanel's lessons on style, money, love, and never needing permission.

by Karen Karbo 2009

3.53

3k+ ratings

🧵 Fashion Biography 👑 Iconic Women 🇫🇷 French Style

Hard Drive

by James Wallace • 1992

The $50,000 operating system Gates bought and resold to IBM: the deal that built Microsoft.

4.12

2k+

🖥️ Pc Revolution 📋 Corporate Biography 🚀 Tech Entrepreneurship

Hard Drive 88%

The $50,000 operating system Gates bought and resold to IBM: the deal that built Microsoft.

by James Wallace 1992

4.12

2k+ ratings

🖥️ Pc Revolution 📋 Corporate Biography 🚀 Tech Entrepreneurship

Shoe Dog

by Phil Knight • 2016

A fake name, bickering misfits, and 18 years of near-collapse: the Nike story.

4.46

375k+

🏢 Founder Memoir 💰 Bootstrapping 👟 Sports Business

Shoe Dog 88%

A fake name, bickering misfits, and 18 years of near-collapse: the Nike story.

by Phil Knight 2016

4.46

375k+ ratings

🏢 Founder Memoir 💰 Bootstrapping 👟 Sports Business

LET IT GO

by Stephanie Shirley • 2012

A Kindertransport child grows up to build a women-only tech empire, then gives it all away.

4.26

827

👩‍💻 Women In Tech 🧳 Refugee Stories 🚂 Kindertransport Stories

LET IT GO 88%

A Kindertransport child grows up to build a women-only tech empire, then gives it all away.

by Stephanie Shirley 2012

4.26

827 ratings

👩‍💻 Women In Tech 🧳 Refugee Stories 🚂 Kindertransport Stories

Her Again

by Michael Schulman • 2016

A producer called her ugly in Italian at her first film audition. She understood every word.

3.62

3k+

🎭 Actor Biographies 🏙️ New York Theater 🎬 Hollywood History

Her Again 88%

A producer called her ugly in Italian at her first film audition. She understood every word.

by Michael Schulman 2016

3.62

3k+ ratings

🎭 Actor Biographies 🏙️ New York Theater 🎬 Hollywood History

Walt Disney

by Neal Gabler • 2006

The Disney empire: one haunted man's attempt to build a reality he could finally control.

4.07

12k+

🎞️ Animation History 🎬 Hollywood Moguls 🎯 Creative Perfectionism

Walt Disney 88%

The Disney empire: one haunted man's attempt to build a reality he could finally control.

by Neal Gabler 2006

4.07

12k+ ratings

🎞️ Animation History 🎬 Hollywood Moguls 🎯 Creative Perfectionism

J.R.R. Tolkien

by Humphrey Carpenter • 1977

Orphaned, Catholic, and obsessed with dragons: the life that forged The Lord of the Rings.

4.06

17k+

📖 Literary Biography 🌍 World-Building 🧙 Fantasy Literature

J.R.R. Tolkien 88%

Orphaned, Catholic, and obsessed with dragons: the life that forged The Lord of the Rings.

by Humphrey Carpenter 1977

4.06

17k+ ratings

📖 Literary Biography 🌍 World-Building 🧙 Fantasy Literature

Leaving Microsoft to Change the World

by John Wood • 2006

A trekking trip, an empty library: why a Microsoft exec quit to build schools across Asia.

4.10

5k+

🚀 Social Entrepreneurship 🌍 Global Development 📖 Founder Memoir

Leaving Microsoft to Change the World Summary

Leaving Microsoft to Change the World 88%

A trekking trip, an empty library: why a Microsoft exec quit to build schools across Asia.

by John Wood 2006

4.10

5k+ ratings

🚀 Social Entrepreneurship 🌍 Global Development 📖 Founder Memoir

An Autobiography

by Agatha Christie • 1977

She learned exactly how poisons kill, long before she started killing people in books.

4.13

13k+

🖋️ Literary Memoir 🏡 English Childhood 🔍 Golden Age Detective Fiction

An Autobiography 88%

She learned exactly how poisons kill, long before she started killing people in books.

by Agatha Christie 1977

4.13

13k+ ratings

🖋️ Literary Memoir 🏡 English Childhood 🔍 Golden Age Detective Fiction

Q's Legacy

by Helene Hanff • 1985

A professor's lectures led to a London bookshop, twenty years of letters, and accidental fame.

4.05

2k+

🖋️ Literary Memoir 📚 Book Collecting 🎓 Self-Education

Q's Legacy 88%

A professor's lectures led to a London bookshop, twenty years of letters, and accidental fame.

by Helene Hanff 1985

4.05

2k+ ratings

🖋️ Literary Memoir 📚 Book Collecting 🎓 Self-Education

Seldom Disappointed

by Tony Hillerman • 2001

Wounded infantryman, journalist, 45-year-old professor: the unlikely path to the Navajo mysteries.

4.01

794

✍️ Writer'S Memoir 📝 Craft Of Writing 🏹 Native American Culture

Seldom Disappointed 88%

Wounded infantryman, journalist, 45-year-old professor: the unlikely path to the Navajo mysteries.

by Tony Hillerman 2001

4.01

794 ratings

✍️ Writer'S Memoir 📝 Craft Of Writing 🏹 Native American Culture

You Have a Brain

by Ben Carson • 2015

A brain surgeon's teen playbook: the reading habit, the anger cure, and one relentless mother.

4.35

1k+

📘 Teen Self-Improvement 🏥 Medical Memoirs 💪 Overcoming Adversity

You Have a Brain 88%

A brain surgeon's teen playbook: the reading habit, the anger cure, and one relentless mother.

by Ben Carson 2015

4.35

1k+ ratings

📘 Teen Self-Improvement 🏥 Medical Memoirs 💪 Overcoming Adversity

Character Is Destiny

by John McCain • 2005

Character, not circumstance, writes your future. A senator's tour through the lives that prove it.

3.95

562

📚 Character Education 🏛️ Moral Exemplars 🏺 Classical Virtues

Character Is Destiny 88%

Character, not circumstance, writes your future. A senator's tour through the lives that prove it.

by John McCain 2005

3.95

562 ratings

📚 Character Education 🏛️ Moral Exemplars 🏺 Classical Virtues

The Gambler

by William C. Rempel • 2018

Eighth-grade dropout, WWII pilot: he turned a small airline into Vegas and MGM, three times.

4.36

1k+

🏗️ Tycoon Biographies 🤝 Negotiation Tactics 🎲 Calculated Risk

The Gambler 88%

Eighth-grade dropout, WWII pilot: he turned a small airline into Vegas and MGM, three times.

by William C. Rempel 2018

4.36

1k+ ratings

🏗️ Tycoon Biographies 🤝 Negotiation Tactics 🎲 Calculated Risk

William Faulkner

by André Bleikasten • 2017

His family, his affair, his South, his demons: Faulkner's novels were his life recast as myth.

4.23

📖 Literary Biography 🌳 Southern Literature 🌀 Stream Of Consciousness

William Faulkner 88%

His family, his affair, his South, his demons: Faulkner's novels were his life recast as myth.

by André Bleikasten 2017

4.23

13 ratings

📖 Literary Biography 🌳 Southern Literature 🌀 Stream Of Consciousness

Girls Who Rocked the World

by Michelle R. McCann • 2012

Young women who led nations, made discoveries, and broke records before they turned twenty.

4.04

541

📜 Women'S History 🌟 Young Changemakers 📚 Collective Biography

Girls Who Rocked the World 88%

Young women who led nations, made discoveries, and broke records before they turned twenty.

by Michelle R. McCann 2012

4.04

541 ratings

📜 Women'S History 🌟 Young Changemakers 📚 Collective Biography

Steve Jobs

by Patricia Lakin • 2011

Before the iPhone, Jobs took a calligraphy class. That strange detour explains everything.

3.85

384

🚀 Tech Entrepreneurship 🎨 Product Design 💻 Silicon Valley

Steve Jobs 88%

Before the iPhone, Jobs took a calligraphy class. That strange detour explains everything.

by Patricia Lakin 2011

3.85

384 ratings

🚀 Tech Entrepreneurship 🎨 Product Design 💻 Silicon Valley

How Not to Get Rich

by Alan Pell Crawford • 2014

Before he was America's most beloved author, Mark Twain was its most disastrous investor.

3.63

123

🏦 Financial Biography 🎩 Gilded Age ✍️ Literary Biography

How Not to Get Rich 88%

Before he was America's most beloved author, Mark Twain was its most disastrous investor.

by Alan Pell Crawford 2014

3.63

123 ratings

🏦 Financial Biography 🎩 Gilded Age ✍️ Literary Biography

Charles Dickens

by Claire Tomalin • 2011

He hid a secret mistress, idealized dead girls, and read aloud until it killed him.

3.92

7k+

📚 Literary Biography 🖋️ Victorian Authors 💔 Childhood Trauma

Charles Dickens 88%

He hid a secret mistress, idealized dead girls, and read aloud until it killed him.

by Claire Tomalin 2011

3.92

7k+ ratings

📚 Literary Biography 🖋️ Victorian Authors 💔 Childhood Trauma

The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes

by Andrew Lycett • 2007

Holmes made him famous and miserable. Doyle preferred séances, battlefields, and righting wrongs.

3.91

299

📚 Literary Biography 👑 Victorian England 🔍 Detective Fiction

The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes Summary

The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes 88%

Holmes made him famous and miserable. Doyle preferred séances, battlefields, and righting wrongs.

by Andrew Lycett 2007

3.91

299 ratings

📚 Literary Biography 👑 Victorian England 🔍 Detective Fiction

Anne McCaffrey

by Robin Roberts • 2007

How a failed marriage and a move to Ireland gave science fiction its most beloved dragons.

4.43

5k+

📚 Literary Biography 🚀 Women In Science Fiction ✍️ Creative Process

Anne McCaffrey 88%

How a failed marriage and a move to Ireland gave science fiction its most beloved dragons.

by Robin Roberts 2007

4.43

5k+ ratings

📚 Literary Biography 🚀 Women In Science Fiction ✍️ Creative Process

Without Their Permission

by Alexis Ohanian • 2013

A college project became a top-ten site. Why that path is open to everyone.

3.70

2k+

🚀 Tech Startups 🌐 Internet Culture 📖 Founder Memoir

Without Their Permission 88%

A college project became a top-ten site. Why that path is open to everyone.

by Alexis Ohanian 2013

3.70

2k+ ratings

🚀 Tech Startups 🌐 Internet Culture 📖 Founder Memoir

Becoming Steve Jobs

by Brent Schlender • 2015

Steve Jobs was not born a visionary. His twelve years outside Apple made him one.

4.15

17k+

📚 Founder Biographies 🔄 Corporate Turnarounds 💻 Silicon Valley History

Becoming Steve Jobs 88%

Steve Jobs was not born a visionary. His twelve years outside Apple made him one.

by Brent Schlender 2015

4.15

17k+ ratings

📚 Founder Biographies 🔄 Corporate Turnarounds 💻 Silicon Valley History

Parisian Lives

by Deirdre Bair • 2019

Beckett gave her nothing. Beauvoir gave her rules. One woman wrote both biographies anyway.

4.02

775

🖋️ Literary Biography ✍️ Writing Craft ⚖️ Biography Ethics

Parisian Lives 88%

Beckett gave her nothing. Beauvoir gave her rules. One woman wrote both biographies anyway.

by Deirdre Bair 2019

4.02

775 ratings

🖋️ Literary Biography ✍️ Writing Craft ⚖️ Biography Ethics

The Road Beneath My Feet

by Frank Turner • 2015

Band broke up. He went acoustic, slept on floors, and one tiny show at a time, headlined Wembley.

4.21

2k+

🎸 Music Memoir 🚐 Diy Touring 🎤 Touring Life

The Road Beneath My Feet 88%

Band broke up. He went acoustic, slept on floors, and one tiny show at a time, headlined Wembley.

by Frank Turner 2015

4.21

2k+ ratings

🎸 Music Memoir 🚐 Diy Touring 🎤 Touring Life

Glory Days

by Dave Marsh • 1987

The contract was signed on a car hood. The battle to control his music nearly broke him.

3.78

387

🎤 Music Biographies 📰 Rock Criticism 🏭 Working Class Life

Glory Days 88%

The contract was signed on a car hood. The battle to control his music nearly broke him.

by Dave Marsh 1987

3.78

387 ratings

🎤 Music Biographies 📰 Rock Criticism 🏭 Working Class Life

Benjamin Franklin

by Hourly History • 2016

Ran away at 17 with empty pockets; by 70, he charmed France into bankrolling America.

4.18

632

📜 Founding Fathers 🏛️ Colonial America 💡 American Enlightenment

Benjamin Franklin 88%

Ran away at 17 with empty pockets; by 70, he charmed France into bankrolling America.

by Hourly History 2016

4.18

632 ratings

📜 Founding Fathers 🏛️ Colonial America 💡 American Enlightenment

Wings of Fire

by A.P.J. Abdul Kalam • 1999

A boatman's son made India a missile power. The leadership lessons that built it from nothing.

4.29

55k+

🧪 Scientific Memoir 🇮🇳 Indian Science 🚀 Aerospace

Wings of Fire 88%

A boatman's son made India a missile power. The leadership lessons that built it from nothing.

by A.P.J. Abdul Kalam 1999

4.29

55k+ ratings

🧪 Scientific Memoir 🇮🇳 Indian Science 🚀 Aerospace

Bandersnatch

by Diana Pavlac Glyer • 2016

Ruthless critique and a wager over pints: the creative collision that built Middle-earth and Narnia.

4.28

1k+

🤝 Creative Collaboration 📖 Literary Biography 🍻 Inklings History

Bandersnatch 88%

Ruthless critique and a wager over pints: the creative collision that built Middle-earth and Narnia.

by Diana Pavlac Glyer 2016

4.28

1k+ ratings

🤝 Creative Collaboration 📖 Literary Biography 🍻 Inklings History

Capital Gaines

by Chip Gaines • 2017

The playbook of a serial entrepreneur who treats failure as a down payment on the next win.

3.99

18k+

🏗️ Entrepreneurial Memoir 🏠 Family Business 💪 Embracing Failure

Capital Gaines 88%

The playbook of a serial entrepreneur who treats failure as a down payment on the next win.

by Chip Gaines 2017

3.99

18k+ ratings

🏗️ Entrepreneurial Memoir 🏠 Family Business 💪 Embracing Failure

American Sketches

by Walter Isaacson • 2009

Einstein, FDR, Churchill, Katrina: Isaacson's portraits of leadership when it mattered most.

3.77

2k+

📝 Biographical Essays 🇺🇸 20th Century America 📰 Narrative Journalism

American Sketches 88%

Einstein, FDR, Churchill, Katrina: Isaacson's portraits of leadership when it mattered most.

by Walter Isaacson 2009

3.77

2k+ ratings

📝 Biographical Essays 🇺🇸 20th Century America 📰 Narrative Journalism

Young Man in a Hurry

by Gavin Newsom • 2026

Dyslexia taught him to hide. Politics taught him to perform. Therapy taught him why he did both.

3.80

3k+

🏛️ Political Memoir 🏚️ Family Legacies 🧠 Learning Disabilities

Young Man in a Hurry 88%

Dyslexia taught him to hide. Politics taught him to perform. Therapy taught him why he did both.

by Gavin Newsom 2026

3.80

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Memoir 🏚️ Family Legacies 🧠 Learning Disabilities

Bowie's Bookshelf

by John O'Connell • 2019

Ziggy Stardust, the Thin White Duke, and 98 other books: the shelf that built David Bowie.

3.73

2k+

🎸 Rock Music 📖 Reading Lives 🛣️ The Beat Generation

Bowie's Bookshelf 88%

Ziggy Stardust, the Thin White Duke, and 98 other books: the shelf that built David Bowie.

by John O'Connell 2019

3.73

2k+ ratings

🎸 Rock Music 📖 Reading Lives 🛣️ The Beat Generation

Steve Jobs

by Karen Blumenthal • 2012

Garage startup. Public firing. Decade in exile. The return that produced the iPod and iPhone.

3.95

7k+

⌨️ Computer History 💻 Tech Founders 🎨 Product Design

Steve Jobs 87%

Garage startup. Public firing. Decade in exile. The return that produced the iPod and iPhone.

by Karen Blumenthal 2012

3.95

7k+ ratings

⌨️ Computer History 💻 Tech Founders 🎨 Product Design

When I Stop Talking, You'll Know I'm Dead

by Jerry Weintraub • 2010

He walked into Colonel Parker's office uninvited and walked out managing Elvis. That was act one.

4.13

4k+

🎬 Entertainment Industry 🎥 Hollywood Memoir 🤝 Deal-Making

When I Stop Talking, You'll Know I'm Dead Summary

When I Stop Talking, You'll Know I'm Dead 87%

He walked into Colonel Parker's office uninvited and walked out managing Elvis. That was act one.

by Jerry Weintraub 2010

4.13

4k+ ratings

🎬 Entertainment Industry 🎥 Hollywood Memoir 🤝 Deal-Making

Josephine Baker

by Jean-Claude Baker • 1993

Paris star, French spy, mother of twelve. Her adopted son uncovers the bill for her utopias.

3.78

351

🎷 Jazz Age Paris 🌍 Black Expatriates 🪖 French Resistance

Josephine Baker 87%

Paris star, French spy, mother of twelve. Her adopted son uncovers the bill for her utopias.

by Jean-Claude Baker 1993

3.78

351 ratings

🎷 Jazz Age Paris 🌍 Black Expatriates 🪖 French Resistance

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