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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Lisa Riggin's San Francisco’s
Queen of Vice . . . tells with impressive research the story of abortionist Inez Brown Burns."—Marvin Olasky,
World Magazine"An important, timely book and an enjoyable read."—Rebecca Kluchin,
Journal of American History“With a novelist’s eye for detail and pacing, Lisa Riggin recounts a chapter of San Francisco history that mixes vice and virtue as only the City by the Bay can. . . . It is a gripping narrative that chronicles America’s struggle with an issue that remains a critical political battleground even today.”—Ethan Rarick, author of
California Rising: The Life and Times of Pat Brown“Lisa Riggin has penned an insightful, entertaining, and important book that reads almost like a novel. . . . A must-read for anyone interested in twentieth-century California history and the slippery relationship between politics, society, and culture.”—Kathleen A. Cairns, author of
The Case of Rose Bird: Gender, Politics, and the California CourtsTable of ContentsList of Illustrations
Preface
Prologue: The Beginning of the End
Part 1: The Queen Bee
Chapter 1. On Trial
Chapter 2. From the Palace to a Tent . . . and Back Again
Chapter 3. Love Pirate
Chapter 4. Off the Hook
Chapter 5. “Miss X”
Chapter 6. The Fixer
Part 2: Edmund “Pat” Brown
Chapter 7. “Five-to-One” Odds
Chapter 8. A “New Broom”
Chapter 9. Cops and Robbers
Chapter 10. Disappeared
Part 3: The Supervisor and the Socialite
Chapter 11. Houseguests
Chapter 12. On the Lam
Chapter 13. “The Prophet”
Chapter 14. Death House
Part 4: A Grand Fight
Chapter 15. The Lone Holdout
Chapter 16. “Accomplices and Co-Conspirators”
Chapter 17. A Grand Fight
Chapter 18. The End of the Road
Part 5: Follow the Money
Chapter 19. “Baghdad by the Bay”
Chapter 20. Wise Guys
Chapter 21. Murder “Mis-Trial”
Chapter 22. The Corrupt and Contented IRS
Chapter 23. The Kefauver Committee
Chapter 24. “Hello Again”
Part 6: The Bone Rattler
Chapter 25. Official Closets
Chapter 26. “That Big Wind”
Epilogue: Death and Taxes
Notes
Bibliography
Index
