Suits me : the double life of Billy Tipton

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Middlebrook, Diane Wood, 1939-2007, author

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"Suits Me is the biography of a now notorious jazz musician named Billy Tipton, who [was assigned female at birth and grew up] in Oklahoma City and Kansas City but lived as a man from the time [he]...

"Suits Me is the biography of a now notorious jazz musician named Billy Tipton, who [was assigned female at birth and grew up] in Oklahoma City and Kansas City but lived as a man from the time [he] was nineteen until [he] died at age seventy-four. Billy Tipton's death in Spokane, Washington, made news all over the world, not because he was celebrated as a musician but because the [media sensationalized his transgender identity]. [...] locked away in Billy's office closet lay files of clippings and photographs documenting the transformation of Billy [...] as well as a legacy of annotated comic routines, musical arrangements, and program notes. These revealed to Diane Wood Middlebrook how Billy scattered clues and riddles night after night about the drag [he] wore." --Jacket.

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