Pretty Things: The Last Generation of American Burlesque Queens

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

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