The Infamous Cherry Sisters

The Worst Act in Vaudeville

Darryl W Bullock author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:McFarland & Co Inc

Published:21st Jan '19

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The Infamous Cherry Sisters cover

Raised in poverty on an Iowa farm, the Cherry Sisters had little education and no training. But they possessed a burning desire to take to the stage and show the world what they could do--and what they could do was awful. Their unique act was "so bad it was good." When the sisters took the stage, they were met with rotten fruit and vegetables, festering meat, dead cats… Riots often broke out after (and sometimes during) their concerts, but they carried on, changing attitudes--and laws--along the way.

This book follows the five women through their forty-year career in vaudeville theaters across the U.S. Proud, fearless and fiercely independent in a time when women were treated as second-class citizens, the Cherry Sisters insisted that their voices be heard.

ISBN: 9781476675565

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 11mm

Weight: 272g

214 pages