Madam : the biography of Polly Adler, icon of the Jazz Age

Author

Debby Applegate

Call Number

• 921 A2378 (CEN, OSH)

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Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

New York : Doubleday, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, [2021]

Physical Description

553 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Summary

"A biography of Pearl "Polly" Alder, New York City madam and icon of the Jazz Age"--

Contents

• From a 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.