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Author Applegate, Debby, author.

Title Madam : the biography of Polly Adler, icon of the Jazz Age / Debby Applegate.

Edition First edition.
Publication Info. New York : Doubleday, [2021]
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b2094686~S1
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Description 553 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 475-522) and index.
Contents From 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.
Summary "A biography of Pearl "Polly" Alder, New York City madam and icon of the Jazz Age"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Adler, Polly, 1900-1962.
Procuresses -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.
Prostitution -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
ISBN 9780385534758 (hardcover)
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