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Good Time Girls of the Rocky Mountains
- A Red-Light History of Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming
Engelsk Paperback
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Good Time Girls of the Rocky Mountains
- A Red-Light History of Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming
Engelsk Paperback

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While settlers were drawn out West by the often empty promises of the Gold Rush, prostitution grew and flourished within the mining camps, small towns, and cities of the nineteenth-century Rocky Mountain region. Whether escaping a bad home life, lured by false advertising, or seeking to subsidize their income, thousands of women chose or were forced to enter an industry where they faced segregation and persecution, fines and jailing, and battled the other hazards of their profession. Some dreamed of escape through marriage or retirement, and some became infamous and even successful, but more often found relief only in death. An integral part of western history, the stories of these women continue to fascinate readers and captivate the minds of historians today. Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho all had their share of working girls and madams like Dell Burke and Annie “Peg Leg” McIntyre who remain notorious celebrities in the annals of history, but Collins also includes the stories of lesser-known women whose roles in this illicit trade help shape our understanding of the American West.
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
280
ISBN-13:
9781493038077
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1493038079
Udg. Dato:
24 apr 2020
Længde:
21mm
Bredde:
151mm
Højde:
229mm
Forlag:
Globe Pequot Press
Oplagsdato:
24 apr 2020
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