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Editorial Reviews - Pimps and Madams by Nationality From the Publisher Chapters: American Pimps and Madams, British Pimps and Madams, Texas Guinan, Sydney Biddle Barrows, Deborah Jeane Palfrey, Elizabeth Needham, Heidi Fleiss, Lou Graham, Julia Bulette, Polly Adler, Don "Magic" Juan, Iceberg Slim, Deborah L. Turbiville, Anna Wilson, Pearl de Vere, Al Swearengen, Fillmore Slim, Stagger Lee Shelton, Christopher Hyatt, Libby Thompson, Kristin Davis, Lulu White, Hester Jane Haskins, Mother Damnable, Josephine Airey, Everleigh Sisters, Fannie Porter, Josie Arlington, Red Light Lizzie, Tessie Wall, Dora Dufran, Mollie Johnson, Mary Jeffries, Jody Gibson, Sally Stanford, Louise Wooster, Mike Heitler, Adeline Miller, Mattie Silks, Janie Jones, Sarah Rachel Russell, Manhattan Madam, Big Sue, Phoebe Doty, Emily Robin. Excerpt: Deborah Jeane Palfrey (March 18, 1956 May 1, 2008) (dubbed the D.C. Madam by the news media) operated Pamela Martin and Associates, an escort agency in Washington, D.C. Although she argued that the company's services were legal, she was convicted on April 15, 2008 of racketeering, using the mail for illegal purposes, and money laundering. Slightly over two weeks later, facing a prison sentence of five or six years, she was found hanged. Autopsy results and the final police investigative report concluded that her death was a suicide. Palfrey was born in Charleroi, Pennsylvania, but grew up partially in Orlando, Florida. Her father was a grocer. She graduated from Rollins College with a degree in criminal justice, and attended Thomas Jefferson School of Law, but did not graduate. Working as a paralegal in San Diego, California, and later as a cocktail waitress, she became involved in the escort business. Dismayed at how most services were run, including widespread drug abuse, she started her own company recr... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=10967900 Synopsis Chapters: American Pimps and Madams, British Pimps and Madams, Texas Gu
