Texas Bad Girls Hussie, Harlots, and Horse Thieves

by Butts, J. Lee

• ISBN13: 9781556228339
• ISBN10: 1556228333
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-11-01
• Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing

Summary

Sometimes humorous, sometimes tongue-in-cheek, sometimes deeply sad and moving -- such are the biographies of fifteen Texas bad girls. Husband killers, run-of-the-mill murderers, whorehouse madams, prostitutes, gamblers, bank robbers, floozies -- each contributes immeasurably to a rowdy, ribald history that dates from the state's earliest settlers to yesterday's biggest news story.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Acknowledgements	xi
Author's Note	xiv
Pistol Packin' Mama	1	(16)
Sally Skull
Hang'er High	17	(8)
Chipita Rodriguez
Cathouse Madams--A Bevy of Shady Ladies	25	(18)
The Sittin' Hens of the Chicken Ranch	43	(10)
Mrs. Swine
Jessie Williams
Edna Milton
Texas's Biggest Harlot	53	(10)
Sarah Bowman
Hell's Belle	63	(14)
Belle Starr
The She Devil and the Dark Angel	77	(12)
Beulah Morose
Mistress of the Manor---Sophia Suttenfield Aughinbaugh Coffee Butt (or Butts) Porter	89	(14)
A Mystery Wrapped in an Enigama---Etta Place	103	(14)
Neighbors from Hell---Allen Hill, Dusky, Nance, and Family	117	(14)
A.K.A. Carlotta J. Thompkins, Mystic Maude, and the Angel of San Antonio	131	(10)
Lottie Deno
Nekkid, Nekkid, Nekkid!	141	(14)
Adah Isaacs Menken
A Good Girl Gone Bad	155	(22)
Bonnie Parker
It's Sad, So Sad	177	(18)
Janis Joplin
A Bad Girl Gone Good	195	(24)
Karla Faye Tucker
Bibliography	219	(8)
Index	227