Pretty Things: The Last Generation of American Burlesque Queens

The most comprehensive study on the era of burlesque. V Magazine

Training her journalists eye on the glitter and glamour of American burlesques Greatest Generation, Liz Goldwyn takes readers on an enthralling tour of the original queens of the striptease. Goldwyns incisive expose is a retrospective of the sights and spectacles of burlesques golden ageand an intimate look at the women whose sexuality, ambition, and verve brought the cabaret stage to life. Today, as burlesque enters a heady resurgence worldwidewith festivals around the globe, popular books like Burlesque Fetish and The Burlesque Handbook, and even a School of Burlesque in New York CityPretty Things offers a unique and exciting look at its formative past and its earliest heroines.