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Buszek, Maria-Elena. "Representing "Awarishness": Burlesque, Feminist Transgression, and the 19th-Century Pin-Up." TDR (1988-). German Brecht, European Readings. (1999-1-1). 141-162.
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Sentilles, Renee M.. Performing Menken: Adah Isaacs Menken and the Birth of American Celebrity. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. (2003-1-1).
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Innes, Brian. Fakes and Forgeries : The True Crime Stories of History's Greatest Deceptions: The Criminals, the Scams, and the Victims. Pleasantville, N.Y.: Readers' Digest. (2005-1-1).
Sentilles, Renée M.. "Identity, Speculation and History: Adah Isaacs Menken as a Case Study." History & Memory. (2006-1-1). 120-151.
Lause, Mark A.. The Antebellum Crisis and America's First Bohemians. Kent, OH: Kent State University Press. (2009-1-1).
Levin, Joanna. Bohemia in America, 1858-1920. Stanford: Stanford University Press. (2010-1-1).
Richards, Eliza. Whitman and Menken, Loosing and Losing Voices. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press. (2014-1-1).