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The Last Madam
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Author : Chris Wiltz
language : en
Publisher: Open Road Media
Release Date : 2014-07-01
The Last Madam written by Chris Wiltz and has been published by Open Road Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The “raunchy, hilarious, and thrilling” true story of the incomparable Norma Wallace, proprietor of a notorious 1920s New Orleans brothel (NPR). Norma Wallace grew up fast. In 1916, at fifteen years old, she went to work as a streetwalker in New Orleans’ French Quarter. By the 1920s, she was a “landlady”—or, more precisely, the madam of what became one of the city’s most lavish brothels. It was frequented by politicians, movie stars, gangsters, and even the notoriously corrupt police force. But Wallace acquired more than just repeat customers. There were friends, lovers . . . and also enemies. Wallace’s romantic interests ran the gamut from a bootlegger who shot her during a fight to a famed bandleader to the boy next door, thirty-nine years her junior, who became her fifth husband. She knew all of the Crescent City’s dirty little secrets, and used them to protect her own interests—she never got so much as a traffic ticket, until the early 1960s, when District Attorney Jim Garrison decided to clean up vice and corruption. After a jail stay, Wallace went legitimate as successfully as she had gone criminal, with a lucrative restaurant business—but it was love that would undo her in the end. The Last Madam combines original research with Wallace’s personal memoirs, bringing to life an era in New Orleans history rife with charm and decadence, resurrecting “a secret world, like those uncovered by Luc Sante and James Ellroy” (Publishers Weekly). It reveals the colorful, unforgettable woman who reigned as an underworld queen and “capture[s] perfectly the essential, earthy complexity of the most fascinating city on this continent” (Robert Olen Butler).
The Last Madam
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Author : Adolphus Ward III
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-03-27
The Last Madam written by Adolphus Ward III and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-27 with categories.
Everyone in the oldest black river town of Monticello, Ohio believes that the days of the madams are over. For the most part they are. But old debts and family ties have certain prominant members of the community tied to an unrelenting old woman who absolutely refuses to quit practicing the oldest profession. She will kill to protect the old way of life: Mystery, Murder, Intrigue, Greed, and Lust, all play their specific roles in what Adolphus Ward III has appropriately titled (THE LAST MADAM), an entertainingly splended read indeed.
The Last Empress
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Author : Hannah Pakula
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2010-02-25
The Last Empress written by Hannah Pakula and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-02-25 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Entertaining and masterly biography of Madame Chiang Kai-shek - the woman who built modern China. THE LAST EMPRESS revolves around a fascinating, manipulative woman and her family who were largely responsible for dragging China into the modern world. Soong May-ling, or Madame Chiang as she was known, is uniquely positioned at the heart of this story. As her husband came to represent the hopes of the West in the East, she acted as his adviser, English translator, secretary, and most loyal champion, finding herself on the world stage with Franklin D Roosevelt and Winston Churchill. A savvy politician, she remained a popular if controversial figure both at home and abroad. Hannah Pakula brilliantly narrates the life of this extraordinary woman - how she charmed the United States out of billions of dollars while remaining dedicated to her China, and how she managed to influence if not change the history of the twentieth century.
The Last Madam
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Author : Joy Jones
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016-04-01
The Last Madam written by Joy Jones and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-01 with categories.
The Last Madam, A Legend of the Texas Chicken Ranch is the scintillating story of one of Texas? most provocative, certainly one of the state?s most colorful characters, of the 20th century. In this fast moving novel, The Last Madam simply has no slow moving parts. It gyrates from the get-go and leaves the reader with more than a mere glimpse into the shady past of the world?s oldest profession.
Madam President Revised Edition
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Author : Eleanor Clift
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-05-06
Madam President Revised Edition written by Eleanor Clift and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-06 with History categories.
The first Madam President will be sworn in sooner than most people think. But the gender gap in politics is still shockingly broad, say two of America's most readable political commentators in this timely look at the nation's sputtering efforts to envision a woman in America's top job.(The Boston Globe ). Charting the transformation of women's power in American politics from the first female presidential candidate (Victoria Woodhull in 1872) to the shattered presidential hopes of Shirley Chisholm and Elizabeth Dole, Madam President presents tales of passion, determination, set-backs, and triumph from nearly all national women politicians and most leading state politicians in the pipeline. With insight garnered from years on the Washington political scene and candid interviews with leading politicians like Christine Todd Whitman and Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Clift and Brazaitis explain why the barriers to women are still formidable: There are only 3 female governors (one of the best routes to the White House) and at the current rate it will take 250 years before there are as many women Senators and Representatives as men. A forward-looking, savvy analysis of women in politics, Madam President gives the first inside look at how America's female politicians got there, stayed there, and what it will take for them to make it to the presidency.
Madam
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Author : Debby Applegate
language : en
Publisher: Doubleday
Release Date : 2021-11-02
Madam written by Debby Applegate and has been published by Doubleday this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-02 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The compulsively readable and sometimes jaw-dropping story of the life of a notorious madam who played hostess to every gangster, politician, writer, sports star and Cafe Society swell worth knowing, and who as much as any single figure helped make the twenties roar—from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Most Famous Man in America. "A fast-paced tale of … Polly’s many court battles, newspaper headlines, mobster dealings and society gossip…. A breathless tale told through extraordinary research.” —The New York Times Book Review Simply put: Everybody came to Polly's. Pearl "Polly" Adler (1900-1962) was a diminutive dynamo whose Manhattan brothels in the Roaring Twenties became places not just for men to have the company of women but were key gathering places where the culturati and celebrity elite mingled with high society and with violent figures of the underworld—and had a good time doing it. As a Jewish immigrant from eastern Europe, Polly Adler's life is a classic American story of success and assimilation that starts like a novel by Henry Roth and then turns into a glittering real-life tale straight out of F. Scott Fitzgerald. She declared her ambition to be "the best goddam madam in all America" and succeeded wildly. Debby Applegate uses Polly's story as the key to unpacking just what made the 1920s the appallingly corrupt yet glamorous and transformational era that it was and how the collision between high and low is the unique ingredient that fuels American culture.
The Last Madam
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Author : Adolphus Ward LLL
language : en
Publisher: Independently Published
Release Date : 2013-01-03
The Last Madam written by Adolphus Ward LLL and has been published by Independently Published this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-03 with Fiction categories.
The entire town of Monticello believes the days of the extravagant black Madams are over. And everyone has bought into the idea of tourism, capitalizing on turning the old stone riverside brothels into quaint one thousand dollars a night bed in breakfast inns. But just because the Madams may be gone, it doesn't mean that the oldest profession has completely disappeared. Old debts and family secrets and even secret societies come into play, all controlled by a very old, unhesitatingly ruthless and shrewd black madam who the entire town believes is blind crippled and crazy. Few male authors can carry one female character successfully and realistically, Adolphus Ward III handles four main female characters flawlessly. A black contemporary folk tale set in the present. Once again Adolphus Ward III succeeds with, THE LAST MADAM
Summary Of Chris Wiltz S The Last Madam
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Author : Everest Media,
language : en
Publisher: Everest Media LLC
Release Date : 2022-05-27T22:59:00Z
Summary Of Chris Wiltz S The Last Madam written by Everest Media, and has been published by Everest Media LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-05-27T22:59:00Z with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 Norma Wallace, the last madam of New Orleans, was waiting at home for her young husband to come home. She had a life of adventure and intrigue, but now she was waiting and worrying. #2 Norma’s parents moved to New Orleans when she was three months old. Her father, John Gauley Badon, had come from Covington, Louisiana, on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain across from New Orleans. Her mother, Amanda Easley Badon, was the daughter of Warren Easley, the first mayor of McComb. #3 Norma had two personas: one that was comfortable in the respectable world of family, and another that was equally comfortable in the underworld. She developed these personas early in her life, and they remained with her throughout her life. #4 Norma’s parents had split up by the time she was twelve, and she had gone to live with her mother in the French Quarter. She had met a bootlegger who had taken one look at her and said, Norma, darling, you know it’s going to be rough, but one hair on that thing is stronger than a cable under the ocean.
Inside The Texas Chicken Ranch
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Author : Jayme Lynn Blaschke
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2023-06-26
Inside The Texas Chicken Ranch written by Jayme Lynn Blaschke and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-06-26 with History categories.
Thanks to the classic Dolly Parton film The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas and ZZ Top's ode "La Grange," many people think they know the story of the infamous Chicken Ranch. The reality is more complex, lying somewhere between heartbreaking and absurd. For more than a century, dirt farmers and big-cigar politicians alike rubbed shoulders at the Chicken Ranch, operated openly under the sheriff's watchful eye. Madam Edna Milton and her girls ran a tight, discreet ship that the God-fearing people of La Grange tolerated if not outright embraced. That is, until a secret conspiracy enlisted an opportunistic reporter to bring it all crashing down on primetime television. Drawn from exclusive interviews and expanded with newly uncovered information, Jayme Lynn Blaschke's revelatory exposition of the Ranch illuminates the truth and lies surrounding this iconic brothel.
Madam
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Author : Cari Lynn
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2014-02-25
Madam written by Cari Lynn and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-02-25 with Fiction categories.
When vice had a legal home and jazz was being born—the captivating story of an infamous true-life madam New Orleans, 1900. Mary Deubler makes a meager living as an “alley whore.” That all changes when bible-thumping Alderman Sidney Story forces the creation of a red-light district that’s mockingly dubbed “Storyville.” Mary believes there’s no place for a lowly girl like her in the high-class bordellos of Storyville’s Basin Street, where Champagne flows and beautiful girls turn tricks in luxurious bedrooms. But with gumption, twists of fate, even a touch of Voodoo, Mary rises above her hopeless lot to become the notorious Madame Josie Arlington. Filled with fascinating historical details and cameos by Jelly Roll Morton, Louis Armstrong, and E. J. Bellocq, Madam is a fantastic romp through The Big Easy and the irresistible story of a woman who rose to power long before the era of equal rights.