Record Details

Catalog Search

Search The Catalog



Eartha & Kitt : a daughter's love story in black and white / Kitt Shapiro and Patricia Weiss Levy.

Eartha and Kitt (other title)
Shapiro, Kitt, (author.). Levy, Patricia Weiss, (author.).

Summary:

Eartha Kitt, a self-described "poor cotton picker from the South" (even as she collected Tony, Oscar, Grammy and Emmy nominations--her "Santa Baby" still defines pop Christmas music), arrived in New York City in 1935 at age eight, rescued from an abusive South Carolina childhood. A diligent student "up North," she was performing professionally by 1950, establishing her "feline, sultry and exotic" style. She had Kitt in 1961, during a brief marriage to a white man. "I was really the first blood-related 'family' she had ever known," Kitt writes, and they were inseparable, "from the first day of my life to the very last day of hers." iPage

Record details

  • ISBN: 1643137549
  • ISBN: 9781643137544
  • Physical Description: 329 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First Pegagus Books edition
  • Publisher: New York : Pegasus Books, 2021.
Subject:
Kitt, Eartha.
Kitt, Eartha > Family.
Shapiro, Kitt.
Actresses > United States > Biography.
African American women entertainers > Biography.
Mothers and daughters > Biography.
Singers > United States > Biography.
Women singers > United States > Biography.
Genre:
Biographies.

Available copies

  • 6 of 7 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 0 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 7 total copies.
Sort by distance from:
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Jacksonville Main Library BIO KITT (Text) 36015000423646 Adult Biography Checked out 08/09/2026

Accessibility Features

LDR 02249cam a2200421 i 4500
00112746179
003CARDINAL
00520210527172431.0
008201023s2021 nyuaf e 000 0beng d
020 . ‡a1643137549 ‡q(hardcover)
020 . ‡a9781643137544 ‡q(hardcover)
035 . ‡a(OCoLC)1201297545
040 . ‡aYDX ‡beng ‡erda ‡cYDX ‡dBDX ‡dCLE ‡dOCLCO ‡dOCLCF ‡dDPL
050 4. ‡aML420.K5 ‡bS53 2021
1001 . ‡aShapiro, Kitt, ‡eauthor.
24510. ‡aEartha & Kitt : ‡ba daughter's love story in black and white / ‡cKitt Shapiro and Patricia Weiss Levy.
2463 . ‡aEartha and Kitt
250 . ‡aFirst Pegagus Books edition
264 1. ‡aNew York : ‡bPegasus Books, ‡c2021.
300 . ‡a329 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : ‡billustrations (some color) ; ‡c24 cm
336 . ‡astill image ‡bsti ‡2rdacontent
336 . ‡atext ‡btxt ‡2rdacontent
337 . ‡aunmediated ‡bn ‡2rdamedia
338 . ‡avolume ‡bnc ‡2rdacarrier
520 . ‡aEartha Kitt, a self-described "poor cotton picker from the South" (even as she collected Tony, Oscar, Grammy and Emmy nominations--her "Santa Baby" still defines pop Christmas music), arrived in New York City in 1935 at age eight, rescued from an abusive South Carolina childhood. A diligent student "up North," she was performing professionally by 1950, establishing her "feline, sultry and exotic" style. She had Kitt in 1961, during a brief marriage to a white man. "I was really the first blood-related 'family' she had ever known," Kitt writes, and they were inseparable, "from the first day of my life to the very last day of hers." ‡ciPage
60010. ‡aKitt, Eartha. ‡0(CARDINAL)190015
60010. ‡aKitt, Eartha ‡xFamily.
60010. ‡aShapiro, Kitt.
650 0. ‡aActresses ‡zUnited States ‡vBiography. ‡0(CARDINAL)309546
650 0. ‡aAfrican American women entertainers ‡vBiography.
650 0. ‡aMothers and daughters ‡vBiography.
650 0. ‡aSingers ‡zUnited States ‡vBiography. ‡0(CARDINAL)302579
650 0. ‡aWomen singers ‡zUnited States ‡vBiography. ‡0(CARDINAL)305241
655 7. ‡aBiographies. ‡2lcgft ‡0(CARDINAL)326681
7001 . ‡aLevy, Patricia Weiss, ‡eauthor.
902 . ‡aMARCIVE 202106
902 . ‡aMARCIVE 202206
901 . ‡a12746179 ‡bSystem Local ‡c12746179 ‡tbiblio ‡sSystem Local