THE SOILED DOVES OF TOMBSTONE

THE SCARLET LADIES OF TOMBSTONE

THE SHADY LADIES OF TOMBSTONE

By Dr. Ken Fogelberg 

Only an aficionado of the cowboy-era who is also a gynecologist could come up with three historic looks at prostitution in the Old West!  Each book in this three book series describes the lives and tells the stories of the ladies of the evening in Tombstone during the silver boom years.

The Soiled Doves of Tombstone gives the reader a quick but precise history of the town of “Tombstone” and then goes into detail with the “Red Light Ladies” including hints on the secrets of beauty and “The Doves,” like Cora Cunningham and Josephine Harcourt, to name just two.  Fogelberg also details the fine points of the “Ordinances” that defined prostitution in Tombstone.

The complete history of “The Bird Cage Theater” opens The Scarlet Ladies of Tombstone, followed by details on “Blonde Mollie,” and the men who fought over her, “The May Killeen Affair” and the murder of her husband, and “Big Nose Kate,” with particulars on Doc Holliday.

“The Earps and their Women” begins The Shady Ladies of Tombstone and that treatise is trailed by “The Madams,” such as Nosey Kate and Mme. LeDeau, “China Mary and Chinese Prostitution” with a look at the Opium Dens, and “Ill Fame Licenses” with complete listings of the girls and the fees they paid.

Each of these chapters in each of these books is chock-full of details, including photographs of nearly every character in Tombstone, court records, newspaper accounts, the licenses and ordinances, and more.  It would behoove anyone writing about anything in Tombstone to use this trilogy for reference because, as Dr. Folgelberg reveals, prostitution touched almost every aspect of life in Tombstone.

Dr. Kenneth Fogelberg is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Washington, Western University of Health Sciences, and Touro University.  He is an active member of SASS and the Wild West History Association.    Ken Fogelberg’s next book, A Man for Breakfast, Flying Lead in Tombstone will be available soon.  The Soiled Doves of Tombstone, The Scarlet Ladies of Tombstone and The Shady Ladies of Tombstone are published by Phoenix Publishing Group and available at www.Tombstone HistoryBooks.com