Title: The Nye County brothel wars
Subtitle: a tale of the new West
Description: True crime story about on an incident in Nevada in the 1970s.

Nevada is still frontier territory, according to Kasindorf, where people believe "in the inalienable right to lead whatever life you damn well wish to lead." In 1977, a Nevada brothel called the Chicken Ranch was torched by three men, endangering the lives of the 13 prostitutes on the premises. The "inalienable right" used to justify this arson was that the Chicken Ranch was encroaching on territory of a more established brothel – in short, a "right" of self-defense. A cast of colorful characters enliven the complicated legal and political battles resulting from the arson.
Places: Nevada
Time periods: 1970s