| Acknowledgments |
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| Introduction Sinful Cities, 1863-1919 |
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| Prologue Madeleine: A Self-Made Woman, 1894 |
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1 The Summer Women of Helena, 1867 |
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15 | (14) |
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2 Butte, the Black Heart of Montana, 1877 |
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29 | (12) |
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3 Miles City and the Wild West, 1880 |
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41 | (24) |
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4 Last of the Silver Years, 1887 |
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65 | (18) |
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5 The Celestial Sex Trade, 1900 |
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83 | (20) |
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6 Respectable Purple Paths, 1900 |
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103 | (28) |
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131 | (6) |
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8 The Beginning of the End, 1911 |
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137 | (24) |
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161 | (18) |
| Epilogue The Wages of Sin |
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179 | (18) |
| Major Players The Women and Men Who Made the Most of a Wild Frontier |
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197 | (32) |
| Time Line From the Brothels to the Congress |
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229 | (26) |
| Notes |
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255 | (42) |
| Index |
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