A House Is Not a Home

by Polly Adler

Book Overview

Polly Adler's "house"--the brothel that gave this best-selling 1953 autobiography its title--was a major site of New York City underworld activity from the 1920s through the 1940s. Adler's notorious Lexington Avenue house of prostitution functioned as a sort of social club for New York's gangsters and a variety of other celebrities, including Robert Benchley and his friend Dorothy Parker. According to one New York tabloid, it made Adler's name "synonymous...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1558495592
• ISBN13: 9781558495593
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher