Bibliograph

Texas bad girls, hussies, harlots, and horse thieves, J. Lee Butts

Type

Label

Texas bad girls, hussies, harlots, and horse thieves, J. Lee Butts

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-199) and index

resource.biographical

collective biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Texas bad girls

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

935986171

Responsibility statement

J. Lee Butts

Sub title

hussies, harlots, and horse thieves

Summary

"Sometimes humorous, sometimes tongue-in-cheek, sometimes deeply sad and moving--such are the biographies of fifteen Texas bad girls. Husband killers, run-of-the-mill murderers, whorehouse madams, prostitutes, gamblers, bank robbers, floozies--each contributes immeasurably to a rowdy, ribald history that dates from the state's earliest settlers to yesterday's biggest news story"--Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Pistol packin' mama : Sally Skull -- Hang'er high : Chipita Rodriguez -- Cathouse madams : a bevy of shady ladies -- The sittin' hens of the Chicken Ranch : Mrs. Swine, Jessie Williams, and Edna Milton -- Texas's biggest harlot : Sarah Bowman -- Hell's Belle : Belle Starr -- The she devil and the dark angel : Beulah Morose -- Mistress of the manor : Sophia Suttenfield Aughinbaugh Coffee Butt (or Butts) Porter -- A mystery wrapped in an enigma : Etta Place -- Neighbors from hell : Allen Hill, Dusky, Nance, and family -- A.K.A. Carlotta J. Thompkins, Mystic Maude, and the Angel of San Antonio : Lottie Deno -- Nekkid, nekkid, nekkid! : Adah Isaacs Menken -- A good girl gone bad : Bonnie Parker -- It's sad, so sad : Janis Joplin -- A bad girl gone good : Karla Faye Tucker

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