Book
Tanqueray / Stephanie Johnson, Brandon Stanton ; illustrations by Henry Sene Yee.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781250278272 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 180 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2022.
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| Subject: | Johnson, Stephanie (Dancer) Burlesque (Theater) > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century. Stripteasers > New York (State) > New York > Biography. New York (N.Y.) > Biography. |
| Genre: | Biographies. Autobiographies. |
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lakeshore Branch | 792.78092 Johns | 31681010285039 | NONFIC | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
"In 2019, Humans of New York featured a photo of a woman in an outrageous fur coat and hat she made herself. She instantly captured the attention of millions. Her name is Stephanie Johnson, but she's better known to HONY followers as "Tanqueray," the indefatigable woman who was once one of the best-known burlesque dancers in New York City. Brandon Stanton chronicled her life in the longest series he had yet posted on HONY, but, now, Stephanie Johnson-a woman as fabulous, unbowed, and irresistible as the city she lives in-tells all in Tanqueray, a book filled with never-before-told stories, personal photos from her own collection, and glimpses of New York City back in the day when the name "Tanqueray" was on everyone's lips"-- - Baker & Taylor
Expanding on one of the Humans of New Yorkâs most-followed stories, this book filled with never-before-told tales, personal photos from her own collection and glimpses of NYC in the 1970s follows âTanquerayââan indefatigable woman who was once one of the best-known burlesque dancers in the city. Illustrations. - McMillan Palgrave
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
âA deeply touching memoir . . . A beautiful, sometimes shocking NC-17 story, kept out of the lily-white, upper crust canon of literatureâuntil now.â âThe Washington Post
The storytelling phenomenon Humans of New York and its #1 bestselling books have captivated a global audience of millions with personal narratives that illuminate the human condition. But one story stands apart from the rest...
She is a woman as fabulous, unbowed, and irresistible as the city she lives in.
Meet TANQUERAY.
In 2019, Humans of New York featured a photo of a woman in an outrageous fur coat and hat she made herself. She instantly captured the attention of millions. Her name is Stephanie Johnson, but sheâs better known to HONY followers as âTanqueray,â a born performer who was once one of the best-known burlesque dancers in New York City. Reeling from a brutal childhood, immersed in a world of go-go dancers and hustlers, dirty cops and gangsters, Stephanie was determined to become the fiercest thing the city had ever seen. And she succeeded.
Real, raw, and unapologetically honest, this is the full story of Tanqueray as told by Brandon Stantonâa book filled with never-before-told stories of Tanqueray's struggles and triumphs through good times and bad, personal photos from her own collection, and glimpses of New York City from back in the day when the name âTanquerayâ was on everyoneâs lips.
