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BUTTE'S RED LIGHT HUMOR
The jokes and stories in this book are about Butte, Montana – the greatest mining camp the United States has ever known. Prostitution in the camp was in its heyday between 1880 and 1917, the time these stories took place. As far as can be determined the stories are true. The jokes may not be from that time period, but who is to say they are not. These pieces have been collected from several sources and reflect the character and humor of this great mining camp. The reader is invited to sit back and enjoy some of the jokes and stories, recounted some 100 years after the glory days of the famous Butte red light district.
$12.95, softcover (spiral binding), 55 pages.
POEMS OF THE SOILED DOVES: POETRY AND VERSE RELATED TO PROSTITUTION ON THE AMERICAN FRONTIER
This book consists of poems and prose written by lovers of prostitutes, observers of prostitutes and reformers. Some of the selections are short; others are lengthy. They describe the life and death of the ladies as well as their customers. Unfortunately, the author has discovered no poems written by the prostitutes themselves, even though many of the women were literate. These pieces have been gathered from across the Western United States and Canada, many published in the newspapers of the times.
$12.95, softcover (spiral binding), 68 pages.
PROSTITUTE DICTIONARY OF THE OLD WEST (5TH EDITION)
The terms in this 5th Edition were used by prostitutes, their customers, the public, and social reformers in the second half of the 19th century and the early part of the 20th century. Some of the terms included were used by the few social researchers there were at the time. Sub-cultural terms (also known as argot) go through a process of continual change and replacement. Thus only a few of the words associated with prostitution in the frontier West are used today. Many new terms and illustrations have been added to this new edition.
$16.95, softcover, 114 pages.
RED LIGHTS IN WALLACE, IDAHO: PROSTITUTION AND THE OASIS BORDELLO
At one time Wallace, Idaho was a rich mining town that housed many women of negotiable virtue. This book tells a brief story of the development of the town and its prostitution trade. The emphasis moves quickly to the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s when the trade was still active and narrows to the Oasis bordello. The Oasis story is supplemented by candid views from a former Wallace prostitute, former Oasis housekeeper, contemporary bordello museum directors and some Wallace residents. The Oasis Bordello is a unique museum. Almost everything in the house is as it was when bordello life was abruptly interrupted in 1988. The author explains the step-by-step process a customer went through to receive sexual services in the bordello. A 1980s price list of sexual services is presented along with a conversion to 2012 dollars. This book is filled with illustrations and photographs.
$16.95, softcover, 112 pages.
REMEDIES FROM THE RED LIGHTS: CURES, TREATMENTS AND MEDICINES FROM THE SPORTIN' LADIES OF THE FRONTIER WEST
The cures, treatments, medicines and household hints in this book are for educational and entertainment purposes only. They include wrinkle control, a cure for drunkenness, earache relief, the use of "female pills" and the "new and revolutionary" Electro-Magnetic Belt. Opposite each cure, treatment or medicine is a story, fact or observation about prostitution. The book centers around sportin' women of the American West from 1860s to about 1910. It includes many illustrations and line drawings.
$12.95, softcover (spiral binding), 67 pages.