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![Bessie Smith: A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK by Jackie Kay](https://558130.bdp32.group/rails/active_storage/representations/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBCQnNwT0FFPSIsImV4cCI6bnVsbCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--10949003f67d992b207e8a72bf021e2094832943/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaDdCem9MWm05eWJXRjBTU0lJYW5CbkJqb0dSVlE2RkhKbGMybDZaVjkwYjE5c2FXMXBkRnNIYVFJc0FXa0M5QUU9IiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJ2YXJpYXRpb24ifX0=--038335c90cf75c275ae4d36968ac417dc4a0a3e3/Bessie%20Smith-%20A%20RADIO%204%20BOOK%20OF%20THE%20WEEK.jpg)
208 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780571362936
Format: Digital
Language: English
Publisher: Faber Faber
Publication date: 01 November 1997
Description
Scotland's National Poet Jackie Kay brings to life the tempestuous story of the greatest blues singer who ever lived. BESSIE SMITH was born in Tennessee in 1894. Orphaned by the age of nine, she sang on street corners before becoming a big name in...
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![Bessie Smith: A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK by Jackie Kay](https://558130.bdp32.group/rails/active_storage/representations/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBCQnNwT0FFPSIsImV4cCI6bnVsbCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--10949003f67d992b207e8a72bf021e2094832943/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaDdCem9MWm05eWJXRjBTU0lJYW5CbkJqb0dSVlE2RkhKbGMybDZaVjkwYjE5c2FXMXBkRnNIYVFJc0FXa0M5QUU9IiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJ2YXJpYXRpb24ifX0=--038335c90cf75c275ae4d36968ac417dc4a0a3e3/Bessie%20Smith-%20A%20RADIO%204%20BOOK%20OF%20THE%20WEEK.jpg)
208 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780571362936
Format: Digital
Language: English
Publisher: Faber Faber
Publication date: 01 November 1997
Description
Scotland's National Poet Jackie Kay brings to life the tempestuous story of the greatest blues singer who ever lived. BESSIE SMITH was born in Tennessee in 1894. Orphaned by the age of nine, she sang on street corners before becoming a big name in...