Soiled Doves
Subtitle: Prostitution in the Early West
Publisher: Wesanne Publications
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Hayden, Idaho
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 175
Subjects: Prostitution -- West (U.S.) -- History.; Prostitutes -- West (U.S.) -- Biography.
First sentence: Prostitution is considered to be good or bad, depending upon how it is perceived by each society.
Description: Soiled Doves tells of the grey world of prostitution and the women who participated in the oldest profession. Colorful, if not socially acceptable, these ladies of easy virtue were a definite part of the early West -- Wearing ruffled petticoats with fancy bows, they were glamorous and plain, good and bad and many were as wild as the land they came to tame.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-173).
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgments
pagenum: vii; title: Foreword
pagenum: ix; title: Introduction
pagenum: xvii; label: Chapter 1
title: Silk Stockings and Fancy Lingerie
pagenum: 23; label: Chapter 2
title: It Happened on Holladay Street
pagenum: 39; label: Chapter 3
title: Working Girls
pagenum: 55; label: Chapter 4
title: The Love Story of Lottie Johl
pagenum: 75; label: Chapter 5
title: The Entrepreneurs
pagenum: 87; label: Chapter 6
title: Molly b'Dam
pagenum: 103; label: Chapter 7
title: A Little Affection, Please
pagenum: 115; label: Chapter 8
title: The Chinese Slave Girls – A Life Without Hope
pagenum: 135; label: Chapter 9
title: Colorful Ladies of the Southwest
pagenum: 149; title: Glossary
pagenum: 167; title: Bibliography
pagenum: 169