Diary of an Alaskan Madam by Lorina Ewing

This novel paints a vivid image of life on the last frontier and encourages the reader to question what lessons can be learned from history. Escape is also discovered with four miners, each providing their own unique treasures. Her character takes flight from a harsh existence through her growing love of the mysterious Alaskan landscape and a sensual relationship with Alex, another 'soiled dove'. Mandy's journal entries reveal poignant conflict between a very profitable business venture and her quest for dignity.

Mandy is a knowing witness to the harsh and often dirty scheming of the bold rush boom times. Although there is sex, murder and skulduggery aplenty, this is no mere bodice ripper. Corruption and conspiracy are woven into a tapestry of the daily struggle for survival in the Arctic. Diary of an Alaskan Madam Lorina Ewing 4.80 5 ratings2 reviews This richly imagined diary of Mandy, a brothel madam, brings to life the gold rush days in Nome, Alaska. With detailed historical accuracy, Lorina Ewing traces the rapid expansion of Nome from a gold-laden beach lined with canvas tents to a bustling community of 16,000 miners, merchants, and townspeople. The alliance begins life in Nome, Alaska, eventually building an upscale saloon and prosperous house of ill repute. After two years working the sheets in a Seattle brothel, she ventures north with her cousin, J.J., and her own bevy of doves. Left with little opportunity after the death of her husband in Durango, Colorado, Mandy is thrust into a fate of the world's oldest profession. |a Alaska |x History |0 |y 19th century |0 |v Fiction. |a Nome (Alaska) |0 |x History |0 |v Fiction. |a Gold mines and mining |z Alaska |0 |v Fiction.

There she establishes and oversees a prosperous house of ill repute, and watches the changes that come to Nome in the ensuing years. |a Told through her diary entries, this is the story of a young woman from Colorado who, after the death of her husband, makes her way North and eventually settles in Nome, Alaska, at the beginning of the gold rush. |a v, 286 pages : |b illustrations, maps |c 24 cm |a Bloomington, IN : |b AuthorHouse, |c 2010. |a Diary of an Alaskan madam / |c Lorina Ewing.

Diary of an Alaskan Madam by Lorina Ewing