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Madam the biography of Polly Adler, icon of the Jazz Age

Madam the biography of Polly Adler, icon of the Jazz Age

Applegate, Debby, author.
Large Print 2022

"Pearl "Polly" Adler (1900-1962) was a diminutive dynamo whose Manhattan brothels in the Roaring Twenties became places not just for men to have the company of women but were key gathering places where the culturati and celebrity elite mingled with high society and with violent figures of the underworld--and had a good time doing it. As a Jewish immigrant from eastern Europe, Polly Adler's life is a classic American story of success and assimilat...

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Adler, Polly, 1900-1962
Procuresses New York (State) New York Biography
Prostitution New York (State) New York History 20th century
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ISBN:
9781432898083
1432898086
Edition:
Large print edition
Description:
969 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 23 cm
large print
Notes:
Originally published in standard print format: New York, NY : Doubleday, ©2021
Includes bibliographical references
Contents:
From a nobody to a legend
Man plans, god laughs
The jazz baby
What's a nice girl like you doing in a place like this?
Liquor and lust
Thumbs up with the mob
The double standard
The party girl racket
The underworld complex
The Jewish jezebel
The female Al Capone
Café society
The big shot
Madam emeritus
LCCN:
2021060211
Control Number:
3185923
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