Red Light Women of Death Valley
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Sprache:Englisch
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Nein
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Erscheinungsdatum
23.01.2019
Verlag
The History PressSeitenzahl
147 (Printausgabe)
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3474 KB
Sprache
Englisch
EAN
9781625855527
"F
ocuses on the lives of several prostitutes who worked in Death Valley area boomtowns between the 1870s and the early 1900s... Colorful and intriguing"
(
Pahrump Valley Times).
From the 1870s to the turn of the century, while countless men gambled their fortunes in Death Valley's mines, many bold women capitalized on the boom-and-bust lifestyle and established saloons and brothels. These lively ladies were clever entrepreneurs and fearless adventurers but also mothers, wives, and respected members of their communities. Madam Lola Travis was one of the wealthiest single women in Inyo County in the 1870s. Known as "Diamond Tooth Lil," Evelyn Hildegard was a poor immigrant girl who became a western legend. Local author and historian Robin Flinchum chronicles the lives of these women and many others who were unafraid to live outside the bounds of polite society and risk everything for a better future in the forbidding Death Valley desert.
Includes photos!
"Flinchum's lively prose and detailed descriptions bring these women into focus, and provide a historically accurate and interesting overview of Death Valley's pioneering mining era." -
Sierra Wave Media
"A thoroughly entertaining and highly enlightening account of the wild Death Valley boom camps' daring red light ladies... A very enjoyable and engaging book. A great read!" -Richard Lingenfelter, author of
Death Valley & the Amargosa: A Land of Illusion
ocuses on the lives of several prostitutes who worked in Death Valley area boomtowns between the 1870s and the early 1900s... Colorful and intriguing"
(
Pahrump Valley Times).
From the 1870s to the turn of the century, while countless men gambled their fortunes in Death Valley's mines, many bold women capitalized on the boom-and-bust lifestyle and established saloons and brothels. These lively ladies were clever entrepreneurs and fearless adventurers but also mothers, wives, and respected members of their communities. Madam Lola Travis was one of the wealthiest single women in Inyo County in the 1870s. Known as "Diamond Tooth Lil," Evelyn Hildegard was a poor immigrant girl who became a western legend. Local author and historian Robin Flinchum chronicles the lives of these women and many others who were unafraid to live outside the bounds of polite society and risk everything for a better future in the forbidding Death Valley desert.
Includes photos!
"Flinchum's lively prose and detailed descriptions bring these women into focus, and provide a historically accurate and interesting overview of Death Valley's pioneering mining era." -
Sierra Wave Media
"A thoroughly entertaining and highly enlightening account of the wild Death Valley boom camps' daring red light ladies... A very enjoyable and engaging book. A great read!" -Richard Lingenfelter, author of
Death Valley & the Amargosa: A Land of Illusion
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