Table of Contents
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Prologue xv
Chapter 1 Crashing the Chicago World's Fair 1
Chapter 2 The Lap of Teddy Roosevelt 5
Chapter 3 Running Away with the Circus 17
Chapter 4 Hollywood Bound 23
Chapter 5 WAMPAS Baby Star 33
Chapter 6 Down and Out in Chicago 43
Chapter 7 The Paramount 51
Chapter 8 A Century of Progress 57
Chapter 9 Lady Godiva 61
Chapter 10 Gold Diggers 73
Chapter 11 Indecency 77
Chapter 12 The 1934 World's Fair and the Balloon Dance 81
Chapter 13 The Other Fan Dancer 89
Chapter 14 Last Days of the Fair 95
Chapter 15 The Road Ahead 99
Chapter 16 The Vortex 101
Chapter 17 Cashing In 117
Chapter 18 The War Years and the Cowboy 123
Chapter 19 Hellcat 131
Chapter 20 The Instant Family 137
Chapter 21 Changing Times 155
Chapter 22 Debt and Carnivals 167
Chapter 23 The Boy Toy 177
Chapter 24 Cultural Icon 187
Chapter 25 Jail 193
Chapter 26 This Was Burlesque 197
Chapter 27 Frozen Feathers 201
Chapter 28 The Seventies 207
Chapter 29 The Legacy of Sally Rand 213
Chapter 30 American Sex Symbol 219
Epilogue 223
Acknowledgments 225
Notes 227
Selected Bibliography 241
Index 243
