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The last madam : a life in the New Orleans underworld / Christine Wiltz

By:

Wiltz, Christine

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: USA : Da Capo Press , 2000Description: 244 p. : illus ; 23 cmISBN:

9780306810121

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

92 WAL

Summary: In 1916, at age fifteen, Norma Wallace arrived in New Orleans. Sexy and shrewd, she quickly went from streetwalker to madam and by 1920 had opened what became a legendary house of prostitution. There she entertained a steady stream of governors, gangsters, and movie stars. She tape-recorded her memories and combining those tapes with original research, Christine Wiltz chronicles not just Norma's rise and fall but also the social history of New Orleans.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	92 WAL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		013778

Includes bibliographical references - p. 239 - 241

In 1916, at age fifteen, Norma Wallace arrived in New Orleans. Sexy and shrewd, she quickly went from streetwalker to madam and by 1920 had opened what became a legendary house of prostitution. There she entertained a steady stream of governors, gangsters, and movie stars. She tape-recorded her memories and combining those tapes with original research, Christine Wiltz chronicles not just Norma's rise and fall but also the social history of New Orleans.

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