An Archive of Art and Literature by the Bohemians of Antebellum New York

The Life and Remarkable Career of Adah Isaacs Menken

Barclay, George. The Life and Remarkable Career of Adah Isaacs Menken. Barclay & Co, 1868.
Type
book
Genre
biography
Abstract

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" ...