Before she became a celebrity, a war hero and civil rights activist, Josephine Baker was a girl growing up in early 20th-century St. Louis. Historical fiction writer Sherry Jones has a new book out inspired by Baker鈥檚 remarkable life and is at Left Bank Books.
On Wednesday鈥檚 St. Louis on the Air, Jones talked about the book, 鈥淛osephine Baker鈥檚 Last Dance,鈥� and the woman behind it, with 漏 2024 外网天堂鈥檚 Jeremy D. Goodwin.
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When: 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 5, 2019
Where: Left Bank Books (399 N. Euclid Ave., St. Louis, MO 63108)
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