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Inside the Texas Chicken Ranch : the definitive account of the best little whorehouse
- Title
- Inside the Texas Chicken Ranch : the definitive account of the best little whorehouse / Jayme Lynn Blaschke.
- Author
- Blaschke, Jayme Lynn
- Publication
- Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2023.
- ©2023
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 23-3089 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- 351 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- Summary
- "Thanks to the classic Dolly Parton film THE BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS and ZZ Top's ode "La Grange," many people think they know the story of the infamous Chicken Ranch. The reality is more complex, lying somewhere between heartbreaking and absurd. For more than a century, dirt farmers and big-cigar politicians alike rubbed shoulders at the Chicken Ranch, operated openly under the sheriff's watchful eye. Madam Edna Milton and her girls ran a tight, discreet ship that the God-fearing people of La Grange tolerated if not outright embraced. That is, until a secret conspiracy enlisted an opportunistic reporter to bring it all crashing down on primetime television. Drawn from exclusive interviews and expanded with newly uncovered information, Jayme Lynn Blaschke's revelatory exposition of the Ranch illuminates the truth and lies surrounding this iconic brothel."--Back cover.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical reference (pages 307-344) and index.
- Contents
- Acknowledgements -- Introduction to the 50th Anniversary Edition -- A history that grows in the telling -- Aunt Jessie -- Miss Edna -- Trixie, the Throw-Away Dog (other societal rejects) -- Hullabaloo! -- Big Jim -- Everybody who's anybody -- What doesn't kill me... -- The wagon wheel -- Marvin Zindler, eye! Witness! News! -- Wheels within wheels -- Not with a bang -- Hell to pay -- Didn't see that coming -- Enduring legacy -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Notes -- Index -- About the author.
- Call Number
- JFE 23-3089
- ISBN
- 1467153931
- 9781467153935
- LCCN
- 2016934536
- OCLC
- 1371747789
- Author
- Blaschke, Jayme Lynn, author.
- Title
- Inside the Texas Chicken Ranch : the definitive account of the best little whorehouse / Jayme Lynn Blaschke.
- Publisher
- Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2023.
- Copyright Date
- ©2023
- Edition
- Revised, expanded and updated.50th anniversary edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical reference (pages 307-344) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 23-3089