Daughter of daring : the trick-riding, train-leaping, road-racing life of Helen Gibson, Hollywood's first stuntwoman
(2025)
By:
O'Meara, Mallory
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
BIOGRAPHY/GIBSON,H
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Toronto, Ontario : Hanover Square Press, [2025]
©2025
©2025
DESCRIPTION
376 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781335007933, 1335007938 :, 1335007938, 9781335007933
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
The invention of Hollywood -- The wild west -- The city of girls -- The movie star -- The hazards of Helen -- Women-made women -- Unusual feminine daring -- Strong female protagonist -- A daughter of daring -- The hair-raising business -- Universal city -- No man's woman -- Scandal and vice -- The sound of change -- The Golden Age of Hollywood -- A crack in the system -- A matter of guts -- Epilogue: Strong female protagonist 2 : electric boogaloo
A biography of stunt performer Helen Gibson, known as "the most daring actress in pictures" during the Golden Age of Hollywood