Audio Book Author: Karen Abbott

Sin in the Second City:
Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America's Soul
Author: Karen Abbott
Reader: Joyce Bean

In the early 1900s, Chicago's most infamous brothel attracted attention, celebrities, and crusading reformers intent on closing it down. This furor shaped America's sexual culture and had repercussions all the way to the White House. A vivid snapshot of America's journey from Victorian-era propriety to 20th-century modernity. "Chicago has never sounded so dark or exciting as in this lively and detailed account... Bean delivers an engaging narrative."—AudioFile » Read More

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Publish Date: 08/01/2007
ISBN: 9781400104666

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A history of America's most famous brothel, Chicago's Everleigh Club, which catered to some of America's leading moguls, actors, and writers from 1900 to 1911, profiles its aristocratic proprietors and their efforts to elevate the industry to new heights and details the efforts by both rivals and crusading reformers to close the establishment. Simultaneous.

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