Jenny Lind:
by Shultz, Gladys Denny
Published by : F. B. Lippincott Company (New York) Physical details: 345 p. Year: 1962| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 900 - 999 | 927.8 Shu (Browse shelf) | Available | Gift | 48806 |
Includes Index
Merely Jenny --
The training of a star --
Second flight from home --
Year of humility --
Out into the great world --
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy --
"Their sufferings have become historic" --
A book is closed --
"This Jenny Lind business will ruin you!" --
Departure and arrival --
"Barnum is nowhere" --
Benevolent lady --
In the citadel of American culture --
The grand tour begins --
South to Havana --
Up the Mississippi --
The break with Barnum --
Jenny makes up her mind --
After America.
Jenny Lind was probably the most famous and adored personality of the nineteenth century, as noted for her kindness and charities as for her magnificent voice, but few of her admirers knew that behind the brilliant success of her adult years was a childhood of shocking loneliness and neglect.