California Madams

by Sherry Monahan

With the discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill in 1848, fortune-seekers from around the globe descended on California, among them a sprinkling of enterprising women.

Rich in details combed from historical archives, California Madams uncovers the enigmatic and salacious lives of twenty-four women who ran houses of ill repute in the Golden State from the 1840's to the 1940's. Here are the hedonistic and sometimes heroic exploits of Margaret Appel,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1560376597
• ISBN13: 9781560376590
• Release Date: July 2019
• Publisher: Farcountry Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"