Barbara Foster

Books by Barbara Foster

Dangerous Woman

The Life, Loves, and Scandals of Adah Isaacs Menken, 1835-1868, America's Original Superstar

The definitive biography of a trailblazing actress
who entertained—and shocked—the nation and the world


Marilyn Monroe might never have become the legend she did without America’s original tragic starlet: actress and poet Adah Isaacs Menken (1835–68). In a century remembered for...
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