Galveston's Red Light District: A History of the Line

Known today as a colorful resort destination featuring family entertainment and a thriving arts district, Galveston was once notorious for its flourishing vice economy and infamous red-light district. Called simply "The Line," the unassuming five blocks of Postoffice Street came alive every night with wild parties and generous offerings of hourly love. A stubborn mainstay of the island cityscape for nearly seventy years, it finally shut down in the late 1950s. But ridding Galveston of prostitution would prove much more difficult than putting a padlock on the front door. Kimber Fountain pursues the sequestered story of women who wanted to make their own rules and the city that wanted to let them.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: History Press Library Editions
Published: 08/20/2018
ISBN: 9781540235688
Pages: 130
Weight: 0.76lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38d