Amy B. (BaileysBooks) reviewed on 8/19/2011 + 491 more book reviews

Kudos to Karen Abbott for writing a well-researched non-fiction book that gives the facts without reading like a term paper.

This book provides a unique glimpse into the corruption and depravity that had its diamond-studded grip on the levee district of Chicago at the turn of the century.

The mysterious Everleigh sisters did not run a brothel. They ran the most exclusive gentleman's club in the world and this book describes those few years of life when they were the uncontested rulers the levee.

This book provides a fascinating view of what life was like in those days, from the supposed "white slave trade" to the politics of reform.

This book was an easy and engaging read, even though the ending fell a little flat because it ended so quietly and with such little fanfare. For anyone who enjoys well written historical non-fiction from this particular era, this book makes for an easy recommendation. Very well done.

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