I was transcended in solid thought while reading this book from beginning to end. It is colorfully written and provides a wealth of information and advice on the African American struggles and good times during the early 1900s in the world of show business. If you really want to learn first hand about real show business during the 1900s, then and now, get it from the horse's mouth. Eugene "Pineapple" Jackson is the horse. He was there as a professional actor when it all started in the early 1900's and has hung in there through the late 1990s. His autobiography with co-author Gwendolyn Sides St. Julian gives you the colorful truth of the beauty and struggles in show business. It is a must reading for those who wish to enter show business or those who are already in show business, and feel that they have made it.