This hour, we’ll get to know a socialite, farmer, abolitionist and widow who each knew how to dig up a secret with Karen Abbott. She profiles them in her book, Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War.
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The Life and Times of Gypsy Rose Lee
How did an ambitious burlesque performer help lift Americans’ spirits during the depression and influence the future of musical theater? We’ll find out this hour with bestselling author Karen Abbott, whose new book is “American Rose: A Nation Laid Bare: The Life and Times of Gypsy Rose Lee” (Random House, 2010).
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