His Eye is on the Sparrow by Ethel Waters - first edition book and autobiography of Ethel Waters (1951) with photos

His Eye is on the Sparrow by Ethel Waters - a first edition book and autobiography of Ethel Waters, (1951) with photos. Rare first edition with dust jacket. Book is in good to very good condition. Dust jacket is worn and has some tears( see photos). No markings or inscriptions or underlinings. A great and inspirational book for your collection.

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Ethel Waters (October 31, 1896 – September 1, 1977) was an American singer and actress. Waters frequently performed jazz, big band, and pop music, on the Broadway stage and in concerts, but she began her career in the 1920s singing blues. Waters notable recordings include "Dinah", "Stormy Weather", "Taking a Chance on Love", "Heat Wave", "Supper Time", "Am I Blue?", "Cabin in the Sky", "I'm Coming Virginia", and her version of the spiritual "His Eye Is on the Sparrow". Waters was the second African American, after Hattie McDaniel, to be nominated for an Academy Award. She was the first African-American to star on her own television show, in 1939, and the first African-American woman to be nominated for an Emmy Award, in 1962.

She was raised in poverty by her grandmother, Sally Anderson, who worked as a housemaid, along with two of her aunts and an uncle. Waters never lived in the same place for more than 15 months. She said of her difficult childhood, "I never was a child. I never was cuddled, or liked, or understood by my family."

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