We know about the existence of this publication only thanks to the excellent search work done by Transascity. Let me quote them what they discovered: "The book tells of a youth filled with gender dysphoria and failure, as well as several attempts to escape into some service or corps (she spent time with both the Navy and the Army), and finally takes her to WWII and her service as a paratrooper in the conflict.
From there we learn of her being wounded in action, her stunt-diving and airplane-flying career, her marriage of convenience, and again a directionless life. The details of her actual medical transition, both the procedures and the processes, are very sparse."
"Tamara Rees announced shortly after her unveiling to the world that she would be writing her autobiography, possibly with the intent of having a film made of it. And her autobiography, published in 1955, is one of the first such ever written by a medically transitioned transsexual woman (with the exception of that of Lili Elbe and possibly a couple of other lost works). Unfortunately, it also quickly vanished into obscurity. It was published by a small, private publishing house, sold for $1 a copy, and essentially vanished from history."
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