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Title: Soiled Doves: Prostitution in the Early West by Ann Seagraves, Anne Seagraves ISBN: 0-9619088-4-X Publisher: Wesanne Pubns Pub. Date: June, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.36 (25 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: An interesting view of prostitution in the Wild West
Comment: This book provides a glimpse into a fairly unusual topic: prositution in the "Wild West" of the 1800's. It covers the gamut, from the elite sophisticated brothels with the top-notch "girls," to the hovels near the mining towns and the Chinese slave-girls which catered to men near Chinatown of San Francisco. It is chock-full of photographs, excerpts from old newspaper articles and other interesting side-bars.
This is not a dense, academic study, but an easy-to-read overview. At times it is a tad disorganized, but it is such a quick read that this does detract much. The only criticism that I have is that the writer waffles between glamorizing the life of some of the "luckier" prostitutes, and asserting that they most led lives that ended with suicide.
Rating: 5
Summary: Tragic Life Stories of Exploited Women
Comment: The lonely and sometimes tragic lives of prostitutes in the 'good' old west are revealed in this book by Anne Seagraves.
While some women enjoyed a successful career and riches, most suffered lives filled with poverty, exploitation and disease. Alienated by society, church, and mostly other women, these women eked out a living in the only manner they knew how... As prostitutes.
Universally reviled, the'soiled doves' often turned to gambling, alcohol and drugs. Few married and those that did, more often than not were pimped by their 'lowlife' husbands. Prostitution was a life that few women could escape and seemed to often end in loneliness and despair.
This book explores the lives of prostitutes by telling the stories of several famous prostitutes, madams and the times they lived in.
A 'must read' book for the authors of historical fiction, and for those interested in exploring the lives of women in the North West.
Rating: 4
Summary: outside looking in
Comment: A good read about a very interesting topic. Because this is a short book, I'm sure it missed too numerous to mention other stories. The book is written in a style that feels we are peeking into this nearly forgotten world from afar, kinda like looking at the moon with a telescope rather than actually walking on the moon. I like watching pro football on Sundays and pro wrestling on Thursdays, but this book brought me almost to tears several times, and believe me, I'm not a cry baby.
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Title: Daughters of Joy, Sisters of Misery: Prostitutes in the American West, 1865-90 by Anne M. Butler ISBN: 0252014669 Publisher: Univ of Illinois Pr (Pro Ref) Pub. Date: August, 1987 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: High-Spirited Women of the West by Anne Seagraves ISBN: 0961908831 Publisher: Wesanne Pubns Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Daughters of the West by Anne Seagraves ISBN: 0961908858 Publisher: Wesanne Pubns Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Women of the Sierra by Anne Seagraves ISBN: 0961908815 Publisher: Wesanne Pubns Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Women Who Charmed the West by Anne Seagraves ISBN: 0961908823 Publisher: Wesanne Pubns Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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