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The Life and Remarkable Career of Adah Isaacs Menken

Barclay, George. The Life and Remarkable Career of Adah Isaacs Menken. Barclay & Co, 1868.
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book
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biography
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The life and remarkable career of Adah Isaacs Menken, the celebrated actress: An account of her career as a danseuese, an actress, an authoress, a poetess, a sculptor, an editress, as captain of the "Dayton light guard," as the wife of the pugilist John C. Heenan, and of "Orpheus Kerr" ...

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Menken, Adah

The life and remarkable career of Adah Isaacs Menken, the celebrated actress: An account of her career as a danseuese, an actress, an authoress, a poetess, a sculptor, an editress, as captain of the "Dayton light guard," as the wife of the pugilist John C. Heenan, and of "Orpheus Kerr" ...

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Menken, Adah

Adah Menken, an actress "not known for her talent, but rather for her frenetic energy, her charismatic presence, and her willingness to expose herself," was born in a suburb of New Orleans (Richard