Inside the Texas Chicken Ranch : The Definitive Account of the Best Little Whorehouse

Inside the Texas Chicken Ranch : The Definitive Account of the Best Little Whorehouse

Jayme Lynn Blaschke

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FörlagThe History Press

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Thanks to the classic Dolly Parton film The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas and ZZ Top's ode "La Grange," many people think they know the story of the infamous Chicken Ranch. The reality is more complex, lying somewhere between heartbreaking and absurd. For more than a century, dirt farmers and big-

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