Billie Holiday : a biography / By Meg Greene.

Author/creator Greene, Meg
Format Book
Publication InfoWestport, CT : Greenwood Press, 2007.
Descriptionxiv, 122 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Subjects

SeriesGreenwood biographies, 1540-4900
Greenwood biographies. ^A691513
Contents Eleanora -- Billie -- Ladies and gentlemen-- Billie Holiday -- A rising star -- On the road -- "Strange fruit" -- Life as Billie Holiday -- A slow descent into hell -- Jazz's falling star -- The spotlight dims.
Abstract Presents a biography of Billie Holiday, tracing the life of the famous jazz singer, from her youth in Philadelphia and Harlem to her death at the age of forty-four from complications that were the result of her heavy use of drugs and alcohol.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 111-113) and index.
LCCN 2006025382
ISBN0313336296 (alk. paper)
ISBN9780313336294 (alk. paper)