The Last Madam: A Life in the New Orleans Underworld by Christine Wiltz

The Last Madam: A Life in the New Orleans Underworld

Christine Wiltz

264 pages first pub 1999 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative reflective slow-paced
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In 1916, at age fifteen, Norma Wallace arrived in New Orleans. Sexy and shrewd, she quickly went from streetwalker to madam and by 1920 had opened what became a legendary house of prostitution. There she entertained a steady stream of governors, g...

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informative 90%
adventurous 30%
reflective 30%
emotional 20%
dark 10%
lighthearted 10%
sad 10%

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slow 27%

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