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Condizione: good. Signs of wear and consistent use.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. Does Her Spirit Now Haunt the Abandoned Cuban Queen Bordello? This narrative begins as a true ghost story based on actual events and is documented with vintage photos. After an unsettling modern-day ghostly encounter at a crumbling 1920's bordello in Jerome, Arizona, the author sets out on a quest and uncovers some deplorable secrets concerning the attractive, but devious Madam that once resided there. The saga quickly unfolds as the writer takes you through a captivating journey, revealing the life history of the madam once known as The Cuban Queen. This dark-skinned beauty frequently changed her name and even her race in order to accommodate her ever-changing circumstances. She bleached her skin and straightened her hair as if to deny her African heritage, or was it just a trick of her trade? This harlot began her career in the early 1900's in the red-light district of Storyville in New Orleans. Constantly on the move, she operated the Arcade Saloon in the pioneer town of Las Vegas, Nevada, a jazz club in San Francisco and then on to the rich mining town of Jerome, Arizona. While in Jerome, she ran her own upscale house of pleasure called the Cuban Queen Bordello. Much went behind these closed doors, where prostitution, gambling and bootlegged whiskey were always on the menu. Once married to the famous Jelly Roll Morton, (the self-proclaimed inventor of jazz) they traveled the country together setting trends in both fashion and music during the infancy of the jazz age. Late one night in 1927, one of her working girls was murdered in her own bed. This cunning madam, along with her handsome accomplice, John Ford, kidnapped the dead girl's baby boy and slipped out of town never to be heard from again.until now Follow the twists and turns as the writer reveals what became of Jelly Roll Morton, the kidnapped boy and the curvaceous madam know as The Cuban Queen.…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. Does Her Spirit Now Haunt the Abandoned Cuban Queen Bordello? This narrative begins as a true ghost story based on actual events and is documented with vintage photos. After an unsettling modern-day ghostly encounter at a crumbling 1920's bordello in Jerome, Arizona, the author sets out on a quest and uncovers some deplorable secrets concerning the attractive, but devious Madam that once resided there. The saga quickly unfolds as the writer takes you through a captivating journey, revealing the life history of the madam once known as The Cuban Queen. This dark-skinned beauty frequently changed her name and even her race in order to accommodate her ever-changing circumstances. She bleached her skin and straightened her hair as if to deny her African heritage, or was it just a trick of her trade? This harlot began her career in the early 1900's in the red-light district of Storyville in New Orleans. Constantly on the move, she operated the Arcade Saloon in the pioneer town of Las Vegas, Nevada, a jazz club in San Francisco and then on to the rich mining town of Jerome, Arizona. While in Jerome, she ran her own upscale house of pleasure called the Cuban Queen Bordello. Much went behind these closed doors, where prostitution, gambling and bootlegged whiskey were always on the menu. Once married to the famous Jelly Roll Morton, (the self-proclaimed inventor of jazz) they traveled the country together setting trends in both fashion and music during the infancy of the jazz age. Late one night in 1927, one of her working girls was murdered in her own bed. This cunning madam, along with her handsome accomplice, John Ford, kidnapped the dead girl's baby boy and slipped out of town never to be heard from again.until now Follow the twists and turns as the writer reveals what became of Jelly Roll Morton, the kidnapped boy and the curvaceous madam know as The Cuban Queen.…

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condizione: Acceptable. Highlighting/Underlining/Notes etc. Satisfaction 100% guaranteed.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condizione: very_good. Gently read. May have name of previous ownership, or ex-library edition. Binding tight; spine straight and smooth, with no creasing; covers clean and crisp. Minimal signs of handling or shelving. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships USPS Media Mail.…

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Paper Back. Condizione: Very Good.

Trade Paperback. Condizione: Collectible-Good. Inscribed to previous owner and signed by the author in pen on title page. Signed By Author.

Trade Paperback. Condizione: Collectible-Good. Some shelf wear on cover. Inscribed to previous owners and signed by the author in pen on title page. Signed By Author.

paperback. Condizione: New.

Condizione: New.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Very light wear. Back, bottom corner of cover creased. Signed on first page- "To Canada & Dallas May your imagination take you many places- including Wigwump Peggy C. Clarke 1996". Jennifer Hicks (illustratore). Signed by Author(s).

Condizione: New.

Paperback or Softback. Condizione: New. The Ghost of the Cuban Queen Bordello: A Story of a 1920's Jerome Arizona Madam. Book.

Condizione: New.

Condizione: New.

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hard bound, first edition, large quarto, illustrated throughout in colour, 229pp includes glossary and index, as well as a costume reference section. Ex-library copy. Very good in very good dust jacket in archival mylar. 1.39 kilograms unpacked -- extra postage will be requested for shipment outside Manitoba! All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg, Manitoba.…

Soft cover. Condizione: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition; trade paperback original. SIGNED by the author to the preliminary map page. Generously illustrated throughout with photographs. A collection of thirteen historically based ghost fiction stories that employ many actual people who lived in Arizona from 1900 through the 1930s, some linked to current times, people and occurrences. Fine in glossy illustrated stiff-card wraps with white titles to the front cover and to the spine. Signed by Author(s).…

Soft cover. Condizione: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing; trade paperback original. "First printing" statement to the copyright page. SIGNED by the author to the title page. Generously illustrated throughout with photographs and copies of memorabilia. Hicks precedes this portrait of The Cuban Queen with her 'true' ghost account while visiting the old bordello building. Well-researched biography, spiced with flushed-out realistic assumptions, of Bessie Johnson, who was dubbed The Cuban Queen, and of the history surrounding her life from her 1883 origins as a member of a musical family and then as a prostitute in Storyville, New Orleans, to her musical Jelly Roll Morton years, and finally her running of the famous prostitution house in Jerome, Arizona. Bessie Julia Johnson, aka Annie Johnson married Jelly Roll Morton in New Orleans, then traveled the country with him until she settled in Jerome Arizona, becoming a Madam. Fine in glossy illustrated stiff-card wraps with white titles to the front cover and to the spine. Signed by Author(s).…

Magazine. The July 15, 2007, issue of the Sunday New York Times Magazine, with: a profile of the best acting coach in Hollywood, the Scientologist Milton Katselas, by Mark Oppenheimer with a portrait by Todd Hido; a profile of Khaled Abu Hilal, leader of the Palestinian Freedom Movement, by Steven Erlanger with a portrait and photos by Tyler Hicks; a fashion pictorial with the Beastie Boys modeling, photographed by Ari Marcopoulos with text by Christopher Bollen; chapter 10 of Ian Rankin's serial novel, Doors Open; chapter 15 of the graphic novel Watergate Sue by Megan Kelso; the ethical dilemmas of using donor eggs for in vitro fertilization by Peggy Orenstein; not one presidential candidate with a lot of Washington experience by Matt Bai; Robert Novak, who outed Valerie Plame, interviewed by Deborah Solomon; Patricia T. O'Conner, On Language; Crocs by Rob Walker; and much more. Staple-bound magazine; 66 pages; color and b&w illustrations throughout; 9.5 x 11.5 inches. Condition: Near Fine with light signs of handling/storage. Will be sandwiched securely between stiff layers of cardboard and shipped the next business day.…