HELL'S BELLES: DENVER'S BRIDES OF MULTITUDES By Clark Secrest SIGNED

Description: SIGNED Hardcover. This newly updated and revised edition of Hell's Belles takes the reader on a soundly researched, well-documented, and entertaining journey back to the early days of Denver. Secrest details the evolution of Denver's prostitution, gambling, drug addicts, and corrupt politicians and police who, palms outstretched, allowed it all to happen. SIGNED by author! Number 187/200. Perfect condition. No inscriptions or other writing. Dust Jacket in heavy mylar cover. Contains stories about Denver's "ladies of the evening" and various gamblers, scoundrels, and mountebanks -- and a biography of Sam Howe, Frontier Lawman. Many many historical photos. Copious notes and references, after each chapter. Written by Clark Secrest, for many years the editor of Colorado's Historical Society. Rare and Wonderful! Also included is a biography of one of Denver's original police officers, Sam Howe, upon whose crime studies the book is based. The popular veneer of Denver's present-day Market Street - its fancy bars, posh restaurants, and Coors Field - is stripped away to reveal the street's former a mecca of loose morals entrenched in prostitution, liquor, and money. Hell's Belles examines the neglected topics of vice and crime in Denver and utilizes a unique and invaluable historic source - the scrapbooks of Detective Sam Howe.

Price: 120 USD

Location: Aurora, Colorado

End Time: 2025-01-31T01:10:07.000Z

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