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This newly updated and revised edition of Hell s Belles takes the reader on a soundly researched, well-documented, and amusing journey back to the early days of Denver. Clark Secrest details the evolution of Denver s prostitution, the gambling, the drug addicts, and the corrupt politicians and police who, palms outstretched, allowed it all to happen. Also included in Hell s Belles is a biography of one of Denver s original police officers, Sam Howe, upon whose crime studies the book is based. The popular veneer of Denver s present-day Market Street its fancy bars, posh restaurants, and Coors Field is stripped away to reveal the street s former incarnation: a mecca of loose morals entrenched in prostitution, liquor, and money. Hell s Belles examines the neglected topics of vice and crime in Denver and utilizes a unique and invaluable historic source the scrapbooks of Detective Sam Howe.

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