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Author:

Londraville, Janis, 1949-

Title:

The most beautiful man in the world : Paul Swan, from Wilde to Warhol / Janis Londraville & Richard Londraville ; foreword by Emily W. Leider.

Publisher:

University of Nebraska Press,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

xx, 278 p., [4] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Swan, Paul,--1883-1972.
Dancers--United States.--Biography.
Motion picture actors and actresses--United States--Biography.
Painters--United States.--Biography.
Sculptors--United States.--Biography.

Other Authors:

Londraville, Richard, 1933-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-266) and index.

Contents:

Andy Warhol and the rebirth of Paul Swan -- Cold Comfort Farm, 1880-1897 -- Mentors and lovers, 1897-1906 -- Apprentice to Adonis, 1906-1911 -- "America's premier dancer," 1911-1921 -- All the world's a stage, 1921-1925 -- Death and the celebrity, 1926-1929 -- Ateliers, 1930-1933 -- Winds of war, 1933-1938 -- Farewells, 1938-1939 -- The Carnegie Club, 1940-1950 -- Holding on, 1951-1960 -- Diminuendo, 1961-1972.

ISBN:

9780803229693
9780803229693 (hdbk. : alk. paper)
0803229690 (hdbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)60664254

LCCN:

2005014651

Locations:

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)