Brides of the Multitude
Brides of the Multitude

Author: Jeremy Agnew

Publisher:

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13:

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Brides of the Multitude is a fascinating, historically accurate account of why prostitution ran rampant in the Old West during the prudish Victorian period of the United States. It explains who these women were, their reasons for becoming prostitutes, the types of establishments of prostitution, the conditions under which the women worked, and problems associated with sexually transmitted diseases and contraception. Weaving facts with colorful anecdotes, the author presents an in-depth look at the "ladies" who conducted business in the infamous red light districts located throughout the frontier.

Good Time Girls of the Pacific Northwest
Good Time Girls of the Pacific Northwest

Author: Jan MacKell Collins

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2020-02-24

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 1493038109

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Throughout the development of the American West, prostitution grew and flourished within the mining camps, small towns, and cities of the nineteenth-century Pacific Northwest. Whether escaping a bad home life, lured by false advertising, or seeking to subsidize their income, thousands of women chose or were forced to enter an industry where they faced segregation and persecution, fines and jailing, and battled the hazards of disease, drug addiction, physical abuse, and pregnancy. They dreamed of escape through marriage or retirement, but more often found relief only in death. An integral part of western history, the stories of these women continue to fascinate readers and captivate the minds of historians today.

Good Time Girls of California
Good Time Girls of California

Author: Jan MacKell Collins

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2021-03-01

Total Pages: 283

ISBN-13: 1493050974

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While settlers were drawn out West by the often empty promises of the Gold Rush, prostitution grew and flourished within the mining camps, small towns, and cities of nineteenth-century California. Whether escaping a bad home life, lured by false advertising, or seeking to subsidize their income, thousands of women chose or were forced to enter an industry where they faced segregation and persecution, fines and jailing, and battled the other hazards of their profession. Some dreamed of escape through marriage or retirement, and some became infamous and even successful, but more often found relief only in death. An integral part of western history, the stories of these women continue to fascinate readers and captivate the minds of historians today. Working girls and madams like Bodie's famous Rosa May and the gambler Madame Moustache remain notorious celebrities in the annals of history, and Collins also includes the stories of lesser-known women whose roles in this illicit trade help shape our understanding of the American West.

Lost in Translation Vol 3
Lost in Translation Vol 3

Author: John Klein

Publisher: Selah Publishing Group

Published: 2012-03

Total Pages: 277

ISBN-13: 1589302834

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This is the final book in a three-volume series that covers the entire book of Revelation fin awe-inspiring detail, expounding and expanding on familiar verses in God's word that have been misunderstood and misconstrued for many years. In this volume, the authors explore the second half of Revelation from the perspective they established so clearly in Volumes 1 and 2 - that of a Hebrew God speaking through a Hebrew believer to an audience that was intimately familiar with the Hebrew language, culture, customs, and concepts that form both the literal and the metaphorical foundation for vast portions of Revelation.

Entertainment in the Old West
Entertainment in the Old West

Author: Jeremy Agnew

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2014-01-10

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 0786486457

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Miners, loggers, railroad men, and others flooded into the American West after the discovery of gold in 1848, and entertainers seeking to fill the demand for distraction from the workers' daily toil soon followed. Actors, actresses and traveling troupes crisscrossed the American frontier, performing in tents, saloons, fancy theaters, and the open air. This exploration of the heyday of popular theater in the Old West chronicles its emergence and growth from 1850 to the early twentieth century. Here is the story of the men and women who provided myriad types of entertainment in the Old West, and brought excitement, laughter and tears to generations of pioneers.

Never Love A Lawman
Never Love A Lawman

Author: Jo Goodman

Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp.

Published: 2009-09-01

Total Pages: 445

ISBN-13: 1420112600

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A significant inheritance comes with an indecent proposal in this Western romance by the USA Today bestselling author of In Want of a Wife. Reidsville, Colorado, 1882. Rachel Bailey may seem like just a beautiful newcomer, but Sheriff Wyatt Cooper knows she's much more. Through a twist of fate, Rachel is the inheritor of a very valuable commodity: control of the railway that keeps the isolated mining town connected to the world. That is, she will be, if she agrees to the surprising stipulation in her benefactor's will—that she marry Wyatt. Rachel has no choice: refusing the marriage could put all of Reidsville in the hands of the very man she has come here to escape. Yet living with Wyatt will be her greatest challenge. For he has a tempting way about him that makes Rachel forget their marriage is in name only. And when her frightening past shows up, they suddenly realize exactly how much they have at stake . . .

Brides of the Buddha
Brides of the Buddha

Author: Karen Muldoon-Hules

Publisher: Lexington Books

Published: 2017-06-05

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 1498511465

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For young women in early South Asia, marriage was probably the most important event in their lives, as it largely determined their socioeconomic and religious future. Yet there has been little in the way of systematic examinations of the evidence on marriage customs among Buddhists of this time, and our understanding of the lives of early Buddhist women is still quite limited. This study uses ten stories from the Avadānaśataka, the collection of Buddhist narratives compiled from the second to fifth centuries CE, to examine the social landscape of early India. The author analyzes marital customs and the development of nuns’ hagiographies, while revealing regional variations of Buddhism in South Asia during this period.

Behind Brothel Doors
Behind Brothel Doors

Author: Jan MacKell Collins

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2022-12-01

Total Pages: 265

ISBN-13: 1493066161

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Often overlooked, disregarded, or hidden from historical accounts due to its racy connotations, the prostitution industry was one of the most important factors in the development of the American West. The “oldest profession” fueled the economies of camps, towns, and cities as they grew.Sex workers, from common prostitutes to reigning madams such as Anna Wilson, Maggie Wood, and Big Ann Wynne, defied social norms to make sure their hometowns, and they themselves, were successful. Their reasons for entering the life varied, from women who could find no other way to make money to those who desired independence and wealth. In return they were ostracized, criticized, and subject to fines, jail, disease, drug addiction, violence, and unwanted pregnancies. While their success stories are many, others failed in their endeavors, their names buried with them when they died. Behind Brothel Doors chronicles the history of the nineteenth-century sex work industry in the Great Plains states of Kansas, Nebraska, and Oklahoma.