false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166974978m/18556.jpg 18556 8 British eccentric Marion "Joe" Carstairs (1900-1993) was a world-class speedboat racer, heiress to the Standard Oil fortune, ruler of her own Caribbean Island ... and a cross-dressing lesbian. This biography places Carstairs's adventurous life in the context of 20th-century attitudes toward sexual deviance. During the permissive 1920s, Carstairs was able to flaunt her taste for women in the bohemian circles of London and Paris. She had affairs with numerous gals, including Natalie Barney and Dolly Wilde, Oscar's niece. When writing about Carstairs's boat races, the press of that roaring decade regarded her as a loveable tomboy. But as social norms shifted in the '30s, Carstairs's lifestyle was frowned upon. So she acquired Whale Cay, an island off the coast of Florida, turned it into her own version of paradise, became a gentleman farmer, and had an affair with Marlene Dietrich. Carstairs's most important and long-term relationship, though, was with Lord Tod Wadley, a stuffed leather doll. <I>--Rebecca Brown</I> 19947 book 1997 The Queen of Whale Cay: The Eccentric Story of 'Joe' Carstairs, Fastest Woman on Water total:46|5:11|4:21|3:8|2:4|1:2| 46 173 75 15 4 0 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1999 Mon Aug 18 23:57:40 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 25 18:40:51 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Jul 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 16:31:13 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 16:47:56 -0700 2009 ]]> 0 0 false false Sun May 03 17:42:24 -0700 2009 Sun May 03 17:43:52 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Feb 06 11:56:19 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 06 11:56:19 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 19 10:07:17 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 22 16:53:27 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Mar 31 17:46:44 -0700 2007 Sat Mar 31 17:57:11 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Sat Aug 09 12:46:54 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 09 12:48:33 -0700 2008 2 0 false false Tue Apr 10 20:03:45 -0700 2007 Tue Apr 10 20:05:27 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Aug 03 23:58:53 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 02 11:50:13 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Wed Mar 26 15:26:23 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 26 15:28:44 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 07 02:51:48 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 07 02:53:42 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Fri Apr 06 03:32:05 -0700 2007 Fri Apr 06 04:06:23 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Sun Dec 30 23:25:00 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 30 23:25:49 -0800 2007 4 0 false false Sat Aug 02 11:55:02 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 02 11:59:29 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Mon Sep 01 17:37:30 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 01 17:37:30 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Thu Nov 26 07:43:26 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 26 07:43:26 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Nov 17 18:57:54 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 17 18:57:54 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Thu Oct 29 21:17:05 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 29 21:17:05 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Oct 29 21:05:38 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 29 21:05:38 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Oct 25 21:43:37 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 21:43:37 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=18556