mjsteimle's review
I really like the mixed-media approach of Lauren Redniss's books. However, this is due back to the library and I'm not interested enough in the story to renew it.
libkatem's review
5.0
Like Redniss' "Radioactive," THIS BOOK IS TOTALLY RAD. Firstly, it concerns one of my favorite eras of American history. Second of all, it deals with showbiz and early film. Thirdly, this lady, Doris Eaton, is AMAZING, okay? This biography is insightful and cool and damn, did she ever meet cool people/do cool things.
Highly recommended.
Highly recommended.
jennybeastie's review against another edition
4.0
Fascinating biography of Doris Eaton Travis, presented in an engaging scrapbook format. I really enjoyed it.
jainabee's review against another edition
4.0
I'm a sucker for this multi-media collage stuff. Plus, who doesn't love a Follies gal still kicking up her heels into the next millenium?
While the book is appealing and fancy and shares the fascinating history of this great woman, it fell short of my grand expectations. Perhaps it's just an aesthetic difference, but that's what it's all about, right?
While the book is appealing and fancy and shares the fascinating history of this great woman, it fell short of my grand expectations. Perhaps it's just an aesthetic difference, but that's what it's all about, right?
rachelm31f6b's review
4.0
This graphic novel is well worth a read. It is the story of the Ziegfeld Follies girl Doris Eaton Travis. It goes through her life and talks about some of the awesome changes that happened in her life. She faced the challenges with a dancing spirit. There were lots of pictures she and her sisters were really beautiful. She lived to be over 100! What a life she lived full of dancing, turmoil and memories. Very interesting.
Quote from Doris about helping with WWII effort "We were very busy during the war. People would come to us to relieve their anxiety. We used to go up to Kalamazoo once a week to the hospital and teach the fellas there. Some of them had lost legs and arms but we helped them to get back the feeling that they could be part of things"(p. 129).
"Unchanged for some 400 million years, the chambered nautilus is often called a living fossil. As the animal develops and outgrows its shell it builds a new compartment, sealing off the previous one and moving on to the new chamber. Though the previous chambers are walled shut, they remain attached and the vapor inside the empty chambers provides the creature with buoyancy. Thus the past is not lost, but rather supports the continuing organism"(p. 184).
Quote from Doris about helping with WWII effort "We were very busy during the war. People would come to us to relieve their anxiety. We used to go up to Kalamazoo once a week to the hospital and teach the fellas there. Some of them had lost legs and arms but we helped them to get back the feeling that they could be part of things"(p. 129).
"Unchanged for some 400 million years, the chambered nautilus is often called a living fossil. As the animal develops and outgrows its shell it builds a new compartment, sealing off the previous one and moving on to the new chamber. Though the previous chambers are walled shut, they remain attached and the vapor inside the empty chambers provides the creature with buoyancy. Thus the past is not lost, but rather supports the continuing organism"(p. 184).
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