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Author Morgan, Lael.

Title Wanton West : madams, money, murder, and the wild women of Montana's frontier / Lael Morgan.

Publication Info. Chicago, Ill. : Chicago Review Press, [2011]
©2011

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 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  978.6 MOR    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  978.6 M82W    Check Shelf
Description xiii, 304 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction: Sinful cities, 1863-1919 -- Prologue: Madeleine : a self-made woman, 1894 -- The summer women of Helena, 1867 -- Butte, the black heart of Montana, 1877 -- Miles City and the Wild West, 1880 -- Last of the silver years, 1887 -- The celestial sex trade, 1900 -- Respectable purple paths, 1900 -- Reflection, 1900 -- The beginning of the end, 1911 -- New options, 1916 -- Epilogue: The wages of sin -- Major players: The women and men who made the most of a wild frontier -- Time line: From the brothels to the Congress.
Subject Frontier and pioneer life -- Montana.
Women pioneers -- Montana -- History.
Women -- Montana -- History.
Prostitution -- Montana -- History.
Women pioneers -- Montana -- Biography.
Prostitutes -- Montana -- Biography.
Montana -- History -- 19th century.
Montana -- History -- 20th century.
Montana -- Social conditions.
Montana -- Biography.
ISBN 9781569763384 hardcover
1569763380 hardcover
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