Desert Honkytonk

by Bruns, Roger A.

• ISBN13: 9781555914165
• ISBN10: 1555914160
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-09-01
• Publisher: Fulcrum Pub

Summary

Desert Honkytonk tells the story of the Bird Cage Theatre -- Tombstone, Arizona's infamous home of western-style vaudeville in the 1880s.

Author Biography

Roger A. Bruns is Deputy Executive Director of the National Historical Publications and Records Commission at the National Archives in Washington, D.C.

Table of Contents

Prologue	vii
A Naughty Establishment	1	(16)
Ed Schieffelin Finds Silver in Goose Flats	17	(12)
A Disturbance in Tombstone	29	(8)
Playing the Desert	37	(16)
Booming Culture in the Boomtown	53	(14)
The Honkytonk of Allen Street	67	(10)
The Soiled Doves	77	(8)
The Mystery of Sadie Earp	85	(8)
Tall Tales and Somewhat True	93	(12)
Wrestlin' and Hoofin', Dancin' and Singin'	105	(12)
Gambling Mania	117	(6)
The Clientele	123	(8)
``The Chinese Must Go,''	131	(8)
The Joe and Minnie Show	139	(8)
The Tragedy of Bird Cage Mollie and Buckskin Frank	147	(12)
Bird Cage Reveries	159	(10)
A Note on Sources	169	(2)
Endnotes	171	(16)
Bibliography	187	(4)
Index	191