Pauline's: Memoirs of The Madam on Clay Street

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Pauline's
AuthorPauline Tabor
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreAutobiography
PublishedSeptember 26, 1971
PublisherTouchstone Publishing Company
Pages259

Pauline's: Memoirs of The Madam on Clay Street was written by Pauline Tabor and published in 1971.

Biographical background and publication

Tabor wrote about her own experience of running a successful brothel in her hometown in Bowling Green, Kentucky, recounting her many struggles within the conservative community and legal troubles. [1] [2] [3]

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References

  1. jmink@bgdailynews.com/783-3246, JENNA MINK The Daily News. "Grandma Pauline Tabor 'morphed into a madam'". Bowling Green Daily News. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
  2. Jeffrey, Jonathan; Library, Kentucky (2003). Bowling Green. Arcadia Publishing. p. 41. ISBN   978-0-7385-1568-7.
  3. Tabor, Pauline (1971). Pauline's. Touchstone Publishing Company. ISBN   978-0-87963-008-9.