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Wanton West, madams, money, murder, and the wild women of Montana's frontier, Lael Morgan

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-296) and index

contains biographical information

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Wanton West

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Lael Morgan

madams, money, murder, and the wild women of Montana's frontier

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