 "Bombshells"
by Steve Sullivan
St. Martin's Griffin, 1998
Bombshells is Steve Sullivan's
follow-up book to his femme fatale tour de force Va
Va Voom! If you ever wanted to know about the lives of classic
pin-up girls, Sullivan is the man to turn to. His research
is informed and exhaustive. Over the years, many of these women have faded
away from popular memory, so Sullivan's work can not only
be seen as a collection of celebrity biographies, but as educated cultural
archeology as well. He has a great knack for tracking down these women
(those who are still around) and the people who knew them. In this way
he cuts through all the rumors and gets his facts straight from the source.
His bios are intelligent and filled with a genuine love of his subjects.
These women's stories are told candidly, but without the sensationalism
that most tabloid journalists give to celebrity lives. The women featured
in this book are: Virginia Bell,
Dixie
Evans, Joy Harmon,
Joi Lansing,
Jennie
Lee,
Cynthia Myers,
Sheree North,
Sabrina,
Maria
Stinger, and Yvette Vickers. (The forward was written
by June Wilkinson.) Don't forget
to check out Sullivan's website, Glamour
Girls: Then and Now.
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