Good Time Girls of Nevada and Utah: A Red-Light History of the American West

by Jan Mackell Collins

As settlements and civilization moved West to follow the lure of mineral wealth and the trade of the Santa Fe Trail, prostitution grew and flourished within the mining camps, small towns, and cities the nineteenth-century Nevada and Utah. Whether escaping a bad home life, lured by false advertising, or seeking to subsidize their income, thousands of women chose or were forced to enter an industry where they faced segregation and persecution, fines...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1493050982
• ISBN13: 9781493050987
• Release Date: April 2022
• Publisher: Two Dot Books
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"