372 pages,8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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
