Colorado Madams

Michael Rutter

ISBN 10: 1560377739 / ISBN 13: 9781560377733

Published by Farcountry Press, 2022

About this Item

The book is in good condition with all pages and cover intact, including the dust jacket if originally issued. The spine may show light wear. Pages may contain some notes or highlighting, and there might be a "From the library of" label. Boxed set packaging, shrink wrap, or included media like CDs may be missing.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Colorado Madams
• Publisher: Farcountry Press
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1560377739
• ISBN 13: 9781560377733
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: good

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Synopsis

Scandal, Sass & Silver

The Untold Stories of Colorado's Wild Women

In Colorado Madams, award-winning Western historian Michael Rutter dives into the raucous, real-life stories of the women who turned the Colorado frontier into a land of opportunity—not just for miners, but for anyone bold enough to seize it. Set against the backdrop of the 1858 gold rush and Denver's rise from muddy mining camp to booming metropolis, these tales reveal a fascinating and often overlooked side of Western history.

• Explore the rise of Denver from gold camp to bustling boomtown—and how vice helped fuel the economy
• Uncover the complex portraits of madams who doubled as entrepreneurs, healthcare advocates, and social powerhouses
• Look at the blurred lines between morality, survival, and ambition in a rapidly changing frontier
• Featuring rare historical photographs and vivid detail that immerse readers in the gritty glamour of the Old West

Whether you're drawn to scandalous stories or serious scholarship, Colorado Madams delivers a compelling mix of both—where high heels met high stakes on the wild Colorado frontier.

About the Author

Michael Rutter has authored or co-authored forty books and textbooks—and written over 700 articles for magazines, journals, and newspapers. His most recent publications include Upstairs Girls: Prostitution in the American West, Bedside Book of Bad Girls: Outlaw Women of the American West, Wild Bunch Women, and Outlaw Tales of Utah. Michael is a passionate historian and a devoted outdoorsman. He is also an award-winning author, having won the Ben Franklin Award for Outdoor Writing and also the Rocky Mountain Book Publishers Award. His essay on fly fishing placed first in a writing contest at Yale University. In the summer, he travels extensively around the western United States doing research. He lives in Orem, Utah, with his wife, Shari, two cats, and a spoiled Turkish Akbash named Starfish. In the winter, he teaches advanced writing at Brigham Young University.