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Pages: 250
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-04-14 - Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

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"[An] elucidating cultural history of Hollywood’s most popular child star…a must-read." —Bill Desowitz, USA Today For four consecutive years she was the w
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Authors: John F Kasson
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-04-14 - Publisher: National Geographic Books

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Categories: Biography & Autobiography
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Discusses the optimism and good cheer that surrounded the young, Depression-era box office star whose singing, acting, and charming smile helped revive the Amer
Shirley Temple and the Performance of Girlhood
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In the 1930s, Shirley Temple was heralded as “America’s sweetheart,” and she remains the icon of wholesome American girlhood, but Temple’s films strike
Amusing the Million
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