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Table of Con­tents
Ded­i­ca­tion
Eve­lyn Hugo to Auc­tion Off Gowns
Chap­ter 1
Eve­lyn Hugo’s Com­ing Clean
Chap­ter 2
Chap­ter 3
Chap­ter 4
Chap­ter 5
Part I: Poor Ernie Diaz
Chap­ter 6
Chap­ter 7
Part II: God­damn Don Adler
Chap­ter 8
Chap­ter 9
Sub Rosa: March 4, 1957
Chap­ter 10
Chap­ter 11
Chap­ter 12
Chap­ter 13
Chap­ter 14
Chap­ter 15
Sub Rosa: June 22, 1959
Chap­ter 16
Sub Rosa: June 29, 1959
Chap­ter 17
Pho­to­Mo­ment: Novem­ber 2, 1959
Chap­ter 18
Chap­ter 19
Chap­ter 20
Chap­ter 21
Sub Rosa: Decem­ber 30, 1959
Chap­ter 22
Chap­ter 23
Part III: Gullible Mick Riva
Pho­to­Mo­ment: Feb­ru­ary 1, 1960
Chap­ter 24
Chap­ter 25
Pho­to­Mo­ment: Sep­tem­ber 15, 1961
Hol­ly­wood Digest: Octo­ber 2, 1961
Sub Rosa: Octo­ber 23, 1961
Chap­ter 26
Sub Rosa: Novem­ber 1, 1961
Chap­ter 27
Chap­ter 28
Pho­to­Mo­ment: Decem­ber 4, 1961
Sub Rosa: Decem­ber 12, 1961
Chap­ter 29
Chap­ter 30
Part IV: Clever Rex North
Chap­ter 31
Pho­to­Mo­ment: Novem­ber 26, 1962
Pho­to­Mo­ment: Decem­ber 10, 1962
Hol­ly­wood Digest: Decem­ber 17, 1962
Chap­ter 32
Chap­ter 33
Chap­ter 34
Chap­ter 35
Part V: Bril­liant, Kind­heart­ed, Tor­tured Har­ry Cameron
Chap­ter 36
Pho­to­Mo­ment: August 14, 1967
Chap­ter 37
Chap­ter 38
Chap­ter 39
Chap­ter 40
Pho­to­Mo­ment: May 23, 1975
Chap­ter 41
Chap­ter 42
Chap­ter 43
Chap­ter 44
Chap­ter 45
Chap­ter 46
Chap­ter 47
Now This: July 3, 1980
Chap­ter 48
Chap­ter 49
Chap­ter 50
Chap­ter 51
Part VI: Dis­ap­point­ing Max Girard
Now This: June 11, 1982
Chap­ter 52
Chap­ter 53
Chap­ter 54
Chap­ter 55
Now This: July 1, 1988
Chap­ter 56
Now This: Feb­ru­ary 28, 1989
Now This: Sep­tem­ber 4, 1989
Chap­ter 57
Chap­ter 58
Part VII: Agree­able Robert Jami­son
Now This: Jan­u­ary 8, 1990
Chap­ter 59
Chap­ter 60
Now This: July 5, 2000
Chap­ter 61
Chap­ter 62
Chap­ter 63
Chap­ter 64
Chap­ter 65
Chap­ter 66
Chap­ter 67
Chap­ter 68
Chap­ter 69
Eve­lyn Hugo, Leg­endary Film Siren, Has Died
Eve­lyn and Me
Acknowl­edg­ments
Read­ing Group Guide