Selling sex in Utah : a history of vice / Eileen Hallet Stone.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stone, Eileen Hallet, 1943- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prostitution--Utah--History.

Prostitution.

Prostitutes--Utah--History.

Prostitutes.

Utah.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

204 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2023.

Summary:

"In the late 1840s, the new frontier west of the Missouri River opened its floodgates to opportunity and adventure. In a new land, where men were lonely and women scarce, prostitutes poured in to ply their trade wherever they could--under trees, in wagons or in random shanties. Within decades, prostitution had expanded into cities and towns. Red-light districts, brothels and cribs sprouted like wildflowers. Ogden's notorious madam Belle London enticed Salt Lake councilmen to hire her to oversee their 150-room crib stockade. Park City's Mother Urban successfully defended her sixteen row houses as 'necessities' for thousands of miners. The ballyhooed brothels of Helper stimulated 'hunting trips' for Salt Lake men willing to travel for sex. Award-winning author Eileen Hallet Stone combed newspapers, archives and court cases to examine the lives, equity and infamy of Utah prostitution."--Back cover.

Contents:

Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Erotica

Territory, frontier prostitutes, diseases, poisonous cures

Kate Flint, folk hero and sinner

No dearth of customers

A wildly robust business

Ascending from betrayal

A fatal lapse in judgement

Coal camps, rails, towns and women

The madam, the boarder and the cook

Annie Prindle regrets

Radishes, onions and sex

Mother Urban

The cleaner

The fiercely unfettered city of Ogden

The corralling of women.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781467149112

146714911X

OCLC:

1371748898

Publisher Number:

99994560735