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Madam Belle : sex, money, and influence in a Southern brothel / Maryjean Wall.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wall, Maryjean.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Brezing, Belle, 1860-1940.
- Brezing, Belle.
- Prostitutes--Kentucky--Lexington--Biography.
- Prostitutes.
- Brothels.
- Kentucky--Lexington.
- Brothels--Kentucky--Lexington.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- x, 190 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, [2014]
- Contents:
- The elegant Miss Belle
- Civil War and home war
- A troubled youth
- A businesswoman whose business was men
- Networks of power
- A wealthy benefactor
- Lexington's exclusive mansion for men
- A uniquely powerful woman in a changing city
- Crackdown on vice
- A growing moral menace
- The passing of a legend.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-179) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780813147062
- 0813147069
- OCLC:
- 876686171
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