From drags to riches : the untold story of Charles Pierce / John Wallraff.

New York ; London : Harrington Park Press, [2002], ©2002.

xvi, 245 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Copy 1. Donor: Dr Dave King.

"A Wonderful Idea" -- A Movie Star on Wheels -- Pasadena Playhouse--At Last! -- Extracurricular Lessons in Sex -- "Make Me a Star!" -- Stars in My Eyes -- Summer Stock and Shangri-La for Awhile -- The Rent Party -- Charles Pierce, the Persistent Houseguest -- A Mahvelous Pahty -- A Naked Moon Dance and the Little Retreat Where Alcoholics Meet -- The Big Break and Sex on the Rocks -- "Everybody Came to the Gilded Cage" -- "Through These Portals ..." -- Rio Dante, the Man Who Would Be Dracula -- "The Beverly Hill Nellies" and How They Grew -- In Love with a "Living Doll" -- In Bed with "Bette Davis" -- Chicken-in-the-Nude, Cock Tales, and Other Assorted Orgies -- Chez Sabu and La Ballet de Marijuana -- "Mother Didn't Tell Me There'd Be Nights Like These!" -- Death in the Dressing Room -- Gold Street and Touched by an Angel--Of Death! -- "No, I'm Not the Girl in the Fishbowl at Bimbo's" -- The City Cabaret and Disco--The Times They Were A-Changin' -- The Backlot--And the Real Miss Bette Davis -- An Evening at "Dottie's Place" -- Charles Pierce Takes New York--And New York Loves It! -- "The Tush Room at the Hotel Yuck" -- The Venetian Room--"Top o' the World, Ma!" -- Wild at The Ballroom--Farewell to New York City -- Is There Life After Drag? -- Charles Pierce: Male Actress -- Letters from the End of the Rainbow -- Farewell, Old Friend: The Last Charles Pierce Show.

Includes bibliographical references.