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

By: Morgan, Lael.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : Chicago Review Press, c2011Description: xiii, 304 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): 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 -- BiographyGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 978.6/02 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.