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Madam Belle: Sex, Money, and Influence in a Southern Brothel

Madam Belle: Sex, Money, and Influence in a Southern Brothel - Paperback

by Maryjean Wall
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Availability:In StockContributor:Maryjean WallSeries:Topics in Kentucky HistoryPublish date:2016-07-13Pages:226
Language:EnglishPublisher:University Press of KentuckyISBN-13:9780813168449ISBN-10:813168449UPC:9780813168449Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Women, Rich & Famous, Prostitution & Sex TradeSize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.8003Product ID:SC6ETXDFPV
Belle Brezing made a major career move when she stepped off the streets of Lexington, Kentucky, and into Jennie Hill's bawdy house-an upscale brothel run out of a former residence of Mary Todd Lincoln. At nineteen, Brezing was already infamous as a youth steeped in death, sex, drugs, and scandal. But it was in Miss Hill's "respectable" establishment that she began to acquire the skills, manners, and business contacts that allowed her to ascend to power and influence as an internationally known m
Language:EnglishPublisher:University Press of KentuckyISBN-13:9780813168449ISBN-10:813168449UPC:9780813168449Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Women, Rich & Famous, Prostitution & Sex TradeSize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.8003Product ID:SC6ETXDFPV

Maryjean Wall served as the turf writer for the Lexington Herald-Leader for twenty-five years. The author of How Kentucky Became Southern: A Tale of Outlaws, Horse Thieves, Gamblers, and Breeders, she holds a doctorate and is an instructor in the Department of History at the University of Kentucky.


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