{"product_id":"bobbie-kimber-an-amiable-misfit","title":"Bobbie Kimber: An Amiable Misfit","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBobbie Kimber:\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-bidi-language: TH;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAn Amiable Misfit\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003eby Anthony Slide\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e6”x9” size\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e126­­ pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003eISBN 9798887714967 paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-language: JA;\"\u003eThe Bobbie Kimber story is a fascinating one, involving the art of ventriloquism, female impersonation, and gender variance. It is the story of a man who became a prominent British Music Hall performer from the late 1930s onwards, displaying his skill as a ventriloquist with various dummies, most notably Augustus Peabody or “Gussie,” while all the time dressed as a woman. He never made a secret of his masculinity, but he never emphasized it, and, as a result, there were many in the audience and in the press who assumed he really was female. Gradually, he assumed the identify of a woman, dressing in female attire both on and off stage, and even claimed to have had a sex change operation, which was a complete lie. In the later years of his life, Bobbie Kimber always appeared as a woman, with long hair, make-up and high heels. His stage persona had become his real persona. Bobbie Kimber surely represents the strangest example of gender variance. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHere's what Lisa Sweasy, the Director\/Curator of the Vent Haven Museum in Kentucky had to say about Bobbie Kimber: \u003c\/strong\u003e“You’ve pulled it all together and comprehensively told Bobbie’s story. I’m so glad to have this book for the Vent Haven Library.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnthony Slide Q\u0026amp;A:  \u003c\/strong\u003ehttps:\/\/www.altfg.com\/bobbie-kimber-female-impersonator-interview\/\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"article-title\"\u003eAnthony Slide on writing about the golden era of British comedy:\u003cbr\u003ehttps:\/\/www.comedy.co.uk\/people\/anthony-slide\/features\/anthony-slide-on-writing-about-comedy\/\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInternational Times article\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"BearManor Media","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49491781452035,"sku":"ici1787291860388","price":18.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":49491781484803,"sku":"qhv1787291860389","price":27.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0756\/2202\/3427\/files\/bobbie-kimber-an-amiable-misfit_1.jpg?v=1787291865","url":"https:\/\/trendpulseboutique.shop\/products\/bobbie-kimber-an-amiable-misfit","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}