Recommended Books
As one of Our Recommendations and Recommended Books, we recommend Bessie, a biography of Bessie Smith by Chris Albertson.
This is the best biography of Bessie Smith that we have read.
![Book cover, Bessie by Chris Albertson. This is the best biography of Bessie Smith that we have read.](https://www.mississippibluestravellers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Bessie-Chris_Albertson-MississippiBluesTravellers-1662x2761.jpg)
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When you are in Clarksdale, Mississippi be sure to see the Riverside Hotel, where Bessie Smith died.
![Mississippi Blues Trail marker at Riverside Hotel, Clarksdale, Mississippi](https://www.mississippibluestravellers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Riverside_Hotel-MBT-mississippibluestravellers-P5011154-1662x1181.jpg)
In Memphis, Tennessee you might want to check out the Daisy Theater on Beale Street, where Bessie Smith attended the premiere of her movie St. Louis Blues.
![The Daisy Theatre, 329 Beale Street, Memphis, Tennessee](https://www.mississippibluestravellers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Daisy_Theater-Memphis-MississippiBluesTravellers-P5101513-1662x1266.jpg)
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