Upstairs Girls
Subtitle: Prostitution In The American West
Publisher: Farcountry Press
Published: October 30, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 219
ISBN-13: 9781560373575
Subjects: Prostitution; United States - General; Procuresses; General; History; Biography / Autobiography; United States - 19th Century/Old West; History: World; Social History; Prostitutes; West (U.S.); 19th century; Biography
First sentence: Prostitution in the early West was a cutthroat business; most lived hand to mouth.
Description: "Discusses the history of prostitution in the American West, including: the moral purity movement, madams, Chinese sex trade, prostitutes who followed the railroad, mining camps, and military posts. Offers profiles on 14 prostitutes and madams"--Provided by publisher.