California Madams

By Sherry Monahan

With the discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill in 1848, fortune-seekers from around the globe descended on California, among them a sprinkling of enterprising women.

Rich in details combed from historical archives, California Madams uncovers the enigmatic and salacious lives of twenty-four women who ran houses of ill repute in the Golden State from the 1840's to the 1940's. Here are the hedonistic and sometimes heroic exploits of Margaret Appel, Diamond Jessie, Hattie Wells, Ah Toy, and Lee Francis, but also the unsung sagas of Emily Edwards, Cora Lee, Sylvia Daniels, May Ellis, Alma, Jewett, and many more.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1560376597
• ISBN13: 9781560376590
• Release Date: July 2019
• Publisher: Farcountry Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"