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Heat Wave: The Life and Career of Ethel Waters

By Donald Bogle

Publisher: Harper
Pages: 640

An exhaustive biography of the audacious entertainer who shattered racial barriers, wowed audiences, and famously feuded with other African-American show-biz legends.

— Karen Holt

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