The Underworld Sewer: A Prostitute Reflects on Life in the Trade, 1871-1909

by Josie Washburn and Dashka Slater

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For twenty years Josie Washburn lived and worked in houses of prostitution. She spent the last twelve as the madam of a moderately fancy brothel in Lincoln, Nebraska. After retiring in 1907 and moving to Omaha, she turned to "throwing a searchlight on the underworld," including the "cribs" of Nebraska's largest city. The Underworld Sewer, based on her own experience in the profession, blazes with a kind of honesty unavailable to more conventional...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0803297971

ISBN13:9780803297975

Release Date:October 1997

Publisher:Bison Books

Length:350 Pages

Weight:1.15 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 5.2" x 8.0"

Related Subjects

19th Century Biographical Biographies Biographies & History Biography & History Health, Fitness & Dieting Health, Fitness & Dieting Historical History Military

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