"Becoming Mae West"

I am reading an intensive biography by Emily Wortis Leider. It looks at Mae from the start and through her hey day. Where as many also focus on her later years with the Revues full of muscle men and her camp ventures with Myra Breckenridge and Sextet, this one goes to the guts of what it took to be here and the work she did.

Now I havent finished it yet but will let you know when I am done my over all thumbs up or down review is.

"Three Plays by Mae West" edited by Lillian Schlissel

This books was a alot of fun to read. It contains the plays "Sex", "The Drag", and "The Pleasure Man". These are the stories of strong women and sex and of gay men. These are the plays she was arrested and tried for.

"The Complete Films of Mae West" by John Tuska

This is one in a series of "The Complete Films of"
This starts from the beginning and goes all the way up to 1977's Sextet. With some added information at the end. This is not so much a sit and read book as it is a light reference guide to her films. Soft back coffee table size, has great pictures, cast and crews plots etc.

"The Mae West Murder Case" fictional mystery by George Baxt
This is alot of fun as is all his celebrity mysteries. Its set in 1936 Hollywood leading up to Halloween and Mae finds her self having to help the police find a killer who is knocking off drag queens who are impersonating Mae herself.

There are a good handfull of othe books out there. These are the only one I have. When if i aquire those others I will give you guys a blurb on the book so you can decide if its something you'd like to read.