Galveston’s Red Light District: A History of The Line
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Author: Kimber Fountain
Paperback:
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN 10: 1467138835
ISBN 13: 978-1467138833
Hardcover:
Publisher: History Press Library Editions
ISBN 10: 1540235688
ISBN 13: 978-1540235688
Known today as a colorful resort destination featuring family entertainment and a thriving arts district, Galveston was once notorious for its flourishing vice economy and infamous red-light district. Called simply "The Line," the unassuming five blocks of Postoffice Street came alive every night with wild parties and generous offerings of hourly love. A stubborn mainstay of the island cityscape for nearly seventy years, it finally shut down in the late 1950s. But ridding Galveston of prostitution would prove much more difficult than putting a padlock on the front door. Kimber Fountain pursues the sequestered story of women who wanted to make their own rules and the city that wanted to let them.
Paperback:
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN 10: 1467138835
ISBN 13: 978-1467138833
Hardcover:
Publisher: History Press Library Editions
ISBN 10: 1540235688
ISBN 13: 978-1540235688
Known today as a colorful resort destination featuring family entertainment and a thriving arts district, Galveston was once notorious for its flourishing vice economy and infamous red-light district. Called simply "The Line," the unassuming five blocks of Postoffice Street came alive every night with wild parties and generous offerings of hourly love. A stubborn mainstay of the island cityscape for nearly seventy years, it finally shut down in the late 1950s. But ridding Galveston of prostitution would prove much more difficult than putting a padlock on the front door. Kimber Fountain pursues the sequestered story of women who wanted to make their own rules and the city that wanted to let them.