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Inside the Texas Chicken Ranch : the definitive account of the best little whorehouse /

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"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,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Blaschke, Jayme Lynn (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2023.
Edition:Revised, expanded and updated.
Subjects:
Prostitution > Texas > La Grange > History.
Brothels > Texas > La Grange > History.
La Grange (Tex.) > History.
Fayette County (Tex.) > History.
Chicken Ranch (La Grange, Tex.) > History.
Brothels.
Prostitution.
Texas > La Grange.
History.
Table of 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.