Sin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America's Soul by Karen Abbott

Sin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America's Soul

Karen Abbott

356 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction biography history challenging informative slow-paced
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Step into the perfumed parlors of the Everleigh Club, the most famous brothel in American history–and the catalyst for a culture war that rocked the nation. Operating in Chicago’s notorious Levee district at the dawn of the last century, the Club’...

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