Lisa Riggin

San Francisco's Queen of Vice

The Strange Career of Abortionist Inez Brown Burns

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Produktbeschreibung

Lisa Riggin teaches history at California State University, Fullerton.¿ ¿

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bison Books
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 160mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 562g
• ISBN-13: 9781496202079
• ISBN-10: 1496202074
• Artikelnr.: 48385633

Autorenporträt

Lisa Riggin teaches history at California State University, Fullerton.   

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations    
Preface    
Prologue: The Beginning of the End    
Part 1: The Queen Bee
Chapter 1. On Trial    
Chapter 2. From the Palace to a Tent . . . and Back Again    
Chapter 3. Love Pirate    
Chapter 4. Off the Hook    
Chapter 5. “Miss X”     
Chapter 6. The Fixer     
Part 2: Edmund “Pat” Brown
Chapter 7. “Five-to-One” Odds    
Chapter 8. A “New Broom”     
Chapter 9. Cops and Robbers    
Chapter 10. Disappeared    
Part 3: The Supervisor and the Socialite
Chapter 11. Houseguests    
Chapter 12. On the Lam    
Chapter 13. “The Prophet”    
Chapter 14. Death House    
Part 4: A Grand Fight
Chapter 15. The Lone Holdout    
Chapter 16. “Accomplices and Co-Conspirators”     
Chapter 17. A Grand Fight    
Chapter 18. The End of the Road     
Part 5: Follow the Money
Chapter 19. “Baghdad by the Bay”    
Chapter 20. Wise Guys    
Chapter 21. Murder “Mis-Trial”    
Chapter 22. The Corrupt and Contented IRS    
Chapter 23. The Kefauver Committee    
Chapter 24. “Hello Again”     
Part 6: The Bone Rattler
Chapter 25. Official Closets    
Chapter 26. “That Big Wind”     
Epilogue: Death and Taxes    
Notes    
Bibliography    
Index