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A review by badseedgirl
Sin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America's Soul by Karen Abbott
3.0
When I told my co-worker that I was reading a non-fictional account of the most famous brothel in American history, he immediately said "Oh your reading about the 'Bunny Ranch!" This statement made me a little sad because after reading this book I know that the "Bunny Ranch" is the antithesis of everything the Everleigh Club in Chicago represented in the sex trade industry.
It turns out that this is actually the second Karen Abbott biography I have read. I also read her amazing novel [b:American Rose: A Nation Laid Bare: The Life and Times of Gypsy Rose Lee|8201605|American Rose A Nation Laid Bare The Life and Times of Gypsy Rose Lee|Karen Abbott|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1320408989s/8201605.jpg|13048573] Somehow she is able to take a highly sexualized industry and remove all the sex, without damaging the story. An interesting read.
By the way I learned that the phrase "getting laid" was popularized because of the Everleigh club. Well healed gentlemen would say the were going to get "Everleighed" that night, eventually it was shortened. Also the act of drinking champagne from a ladies shoe also owes its popularity in the US to the Everleigh club.
It turns out that this is actually the second Karen Abbott biography I have read. I also read her amazing novel [b:American Rose: A Nation Laid Bare: The Life and Times of Gypsy Rose Lee|8201605|American Rose A Nation Laid Bare The Life and Times of Gypsy Rose Lee|Karen Abbott|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1320408989s/8201605.jpg|13048573] Somehow she is able to take a highly sexualized industry and remove all the sex, without damaging the story. An interesting read.
By the way I learned that the phrase "getting laid" was popularized because of the Everleigh club. Well healed gentlemen would say the were going to get "Everleighed" that night, eventually it was shortened. Also the act of drinking champagne from a ladies shoe also owes its popularity in the US to the Everleigh club.