The Real Bettie Page

December, 1995

She Couldn't imagine why we wanted to write a book about her. The "modeling days," as she called them, ended decades ago. "Who wants to read about me? I'm not important. All I did was pose for some pictures."Was she kidding? In the Fifties those pictures rocked America. They violated sexual taboos, provoked the wrath of a congressional committee and made Bettie Page the greatest American pinup before she vanished in 1957 at the height of her fame. Today, because of those pict...