Frontier Madam
Subtitle: The Life of Dell Burke, Lady of Lusk
Edition: First edition
Publisher: TwoDot
Published: November 1, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780762744398
Subjects: Historical - General; Biography & Autobiography / Historical; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; Biography/Autobiography
Description: The year was 1919, and the small town of Lusk, Wyoming, was on the verge of an oil boom, ready to explode with an influx of lonely roughnecks and roustabouts. A young entrepreneur calling herself Dell Burke smelled an opportunity. With a nose for business and a soft spot for her neighbors, she soon opened the doors of what would become one of the most famous brothels in the West-the Yellow Hotel. For sixty years this beloved "Lady of Lusk" ran her business with flair and panache, a generous and essential part of this small western town. Even with a solid policy to never open her doors on a Sunday -- she felt her customers should be in church -- she was still successful enough to save the town from insolvency during the Great Depression. When she died in 1981 at the age of ninety-three, her estate was valued at over $1 million.--Amazon.com.