Abstract:
Growing up, Dusty was emotionally and physically abused. “No man will ever want you,” her father said repeatedly. Although an honor roll student, he forced her to quit school. At seventeen she married and divorced the first of nine husbands. At eighteen she became a go go dancer. Her twenty-four-year career eventually led to her billing as “Las Vegas Only Nude Magician.” She was also a club owner, a newspaper publisher, a singer, comic, and a blackjack dealer. Dusty’s unusual life story presents an exciting view of life behind the scenes of the burlesque stage.