Peggy Caravantes
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The Many Faces of Josephine Baker: Dancer, Singer, Activist, Spy (11) (Women of Action)
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2015
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5 editions
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Marooned in the Arctic: The True Story of Ada Blackjack, the "Female Robinson Crusoe" (15) (Women of Action)
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2016
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5 editions
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Petticoat Spies: Six Women Spies of the Civil War
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2002
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2 editions
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The Orphan Trains
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2013
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6 editions
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Stories of Titanic's Children
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2016
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4 editions
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Shawn Mendes: Pop Star
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Best of Times: The Story of Charles Dickens
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2005
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Deep Woods: The Story of Robert Frost
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2006
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2 editions
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French and Indian War
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2013
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5 editions
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The American Revolution: 12 Things to Know
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“In her performances, she introduced the practice of a show’s star making her entrance from the top of a staircase.”
― The Many Faces of Josephine Baker: Dancer, Singer, Activist, Spy
― The Many Faces of Josephine Baker: Dancer, Singer, Activist, Spy
“Defender. Despite what he may have thought, he did not challenge Joséphine’s apparent bigamy. Later some diligent reporters, having determined that there was no marriage record and that the count title was fake, learned that the whole episode was a publicity stunt. Joséphine dropped the countess title. By the time the sham was”
― The Many Faces of Josephine Baker: Dancer, Singer, Activist, Spy
― The Many Faces of Josephine Baker: Dancer, Singer, Activist, Spy
“Needing a new way to regain attention for Joséphine, she and Pepito announced that they had married at the American embassy on her 21st birthday. The marriage was as phony as Pepito’s title of Count. But Derval capitalized on the sham marriage by placing posters all over town claiming Joséphine was now a countess. She played her part well, acting the bubbly, giddy bride at a press conference: “I’m just as happy as I can be. I didn’t have any idea that getting married was exciting”
― The Many Faces of Josephine Baker: Dancer, Singer, Activist, Spy
― The Many Faces of Josephine Baker: Dancer, Singer, Activist, Spy
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