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Description:From 1869 to 1918 more than 1,200 women lived as prostitutes in Waco, Texas—once known as "Six-Shooter Junction." When the city legalized its red light district, floozies flocked to Waco, where saloons and bordellos flourished.The Oldest Profession in Texas: Waco's Legal Red Light District examines the city's complex stance on prostitution, debunks myths, and unveils—for the first time—the true identities of several early madams.Authors James Pylant and Sherri Knight tell shocking true stories about several of these colorful characters, including:* Matilda W. Davis, the first fully licensed madam* Cora McMahan, who shot her mouth off until someone shot off her mouth.* John and Mary Doud, a pimp and madam who trained their fourteen-year-old niece to run a brothel* Mollie Adams, Waco's most successful madam* Josie Tumlin, a boisterous harlot who had stints in both prison and an insane asylum* Jessie Williams, the infamous "Chicken Ranch" madamThe Oldest Profession in Texas also tells the story of preacher J. T. Upchurch's crusade to reform prostitutes and abolish their profession.Travel to a different time and place where the streets of the west were wild and the women were wilder. Waco was the only city in Texas to fully legalize the profession of prostitution. Find out how and why they did it. Explore the lives of many of the madams and the women who practiced Texas' oldest profession.Illulstrated and fully documented.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Oldest Profession in Texas: Waco's Legal Red Light District. To get started finding The Oldest Profession in Texas: Waco's Legal Red Light District, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: From 1869 to 1918 more than 1,200 women lived as prostitutes in Waco, Texas—once known as "Six-Shooter Junction." When the city legalized its red light district, floozies flocked to Waco, where saloons and bordellos flourished.The Oldest Profession in Texas: Waco's Legal Red Light District examines the city's complex stance on prostitution, debunks myths, and unveils—for the first time—the true identities of several early madams.Authors James Pylant and Sherri Knight tell shocking true stories about several of these colorful characters, including:* Matilda W. Davis, the first fully licensed madam* Cora McMahan, who shot her mouth off until someone shot off her mouth.* John and Mary Doud, a pimp and madam who trained their fourteen-year-old niece to run a brothel* Mollie Adams, Waco's most successful madam* Josie Tumlin, a boisterous harlot who had stints in both prison and an insane asylum* Jessie Williams, the infamous "Chicken Ranch" madamThe Oldest Profession in Texas also tells the story of preacher J. T. Upchurch's crusade to reform prostitutes and abolish their profession.Travel to a different time and place where the streets of the west were wild and the women were wilder. Waco was the only city in Texas to fully legalize the profession of prostitution. Find out how and why they did it. Explore the lives of many of the madams and the women who practiced Texas' oldest profession.Illulstrated and fully documented.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Oldest Profession in Texas: Waco's Legal Red Light District. To get started finding The Oldest Profession in Texas: Waco's Legal Red Light District, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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