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The Last Madam: A Life in the New Orleans Underworld
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The Last Madam: A Life in the New Orleans Underworld Paperback - 2001

by Christine Wiltz

For the first time in paperback, Wiltz chronicles the life and times of Normal Wallace, who went from New Orleans streetwalker to madam in 1920. At her legendary house of prostitution, she entertained a steady stream of governors, gangsters, and movie stars until she was arrested at last in 1962. "Wonderful . . . recreates a little slice of a life otherwise devoured by time".--"New York Times Book Review". 18 photos.


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Norma Wallace stood on a bed of pine needles deep in the Mississippi woods.

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  • Title The Last Madam: A Life in the New Orleans Underworld
  • Author Christine Wiltz
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 264
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Da Capo Press, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Date 2001-03-13
  • Features Bibliography
  • ISBN 9780306810121 / 0306810123
  • Weight 0.69 lbs (0.31 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.99 x 5.87 x 0.73 in (22.83 x 14.91 x 1.85 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Cultural Region: Deep South
    • Cultural Region: Gulf Coast
    • Cultural Region: South
    • Demographic Orientation: Urban
    • Geographic Orientation: Louisiana
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
    • Topical:
    • Topical: Women's Interest
  • Library of Congress subjects Prostitution - Louisiana - New Orleans -, Wallace, Norma
  • Dewey Decimal Code 306.7

About the author

Christine Wiltz, a native of New Orleans, is the author of five novels, including The Killing Circle, A Diamond Before You Die, and The Emerald Lizard, all set in New Orleans and featuring Irish Channel detective Neal Rafferty. Wiltz's novel The Glass House was praised by the New York Times as "unflinchingly honest" and a book that "needs to be read on both sides of Convent Street." She has written for the New Yorker, the Los Angeles Times, and numerous other publications. She's been a writer in residence and adjunct professor at both Tulane and Loyola Universities. Wiltz lives in New Orleans.
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