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Madam : the biography of Polly Adler, icon of the Jazz Age Cover Image Book Book

Madam : the biography of Polly Adler, icon of the Jazz Age

Applegate, Debby (author.).

Summary: "A biography of Pearl "Polly" Alder, New York City madam and icon of the Jazz Age"--

Item details

  • ISBN: 9780385534758
  • ISBN: 0385534752
  • ISBN: 9780385534765
  • Physical Description: print
    553 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Doubleday, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, [2021]

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note: From a nobody to a legend -- Man plans, god laughs -- The jazz baby -- What's a nice girl like you doing in a place like this? -- Liquor and lust -- Thumbs up with the mob -- The double standard -- The party girl racket -- The underworld complex -- The Jewish jezebel -- The female Al Capone -- Café society -- The big shot -- Madam emeritus.

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Subject: Adler, Polly 1900-1962
Procuresses New York (State) New York Biography
Prostitution New York (State) New York History 20th century
Adler, Polly 1900-1962
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Genre: Biography.
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