Fever: The Life and Music of Miss Peggy Lee

I learned courage from Buddha Jesus Lincoln and Mr. Cary Grant. So said Miss Peggy Lee. Albert Einstein adored her; Duke Ellington dubbed her the Queen. With her platinum cool and inimitable whisper Peggy Lee sold twenty million records made more money than Mickey Mantle and presided over musics greatest generation alongside pals Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby.. Drawing on exclusive interviews and never-before-seen information Peter Richmond delivers a complex compelling portrait of an artist that begins with a girl plagued by loss her fathers alcoholism and her stepmothers abuse. One day she boards a train following her muse and hoping her music will lead her someplace better. And it does: to the pantheon of great American singers.