Josephine The Josephine Baker Story Author:Jean-Claude Baker, Chris Chase Twenty years of research and thousands of interviews have finally revealed the shocking truth about Josephine Baker: — Born in poverty in St. Louis, a chorus girl, the sensation of Europe, the first black sex symbol of this century, a heroine of the French resistance in WW II, affairs in the thousands, adored by millions and unable to control her... more » ambition, she lost her career and fortune.« less