As more and more pioneers braved the harsh, unforgiving conditions of moving West, prostitution grew and flourished within the mining camps, small towns, and cities of the nineteenth-century Pacific Northwest. Oregon, Alaska, and Washington State had their share of working girls and madams like Nellie Curtis and Klondike Kate who remain notorious celebrities in the annals of history, but Collins also includes the stories of lesser-known women whose roles in this illicit trade help shape our understanding of the American West

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Introduction: Prostitution in the Pacific Northwest Camp women of Washington Scarlet women of Seattle Madam Lou Graham, Seattle's leading strumpet Josephine Wolfe of Walla Walla Harry Morgan's Tacoma Sin in Spokane Nellie Curtis, the belle of Seattle and Aberdeen Jane Barnes, first maiden of Oregon Astoria, "The Most Wicked Place on Earth" Naughty ladies of North Bend and Marshfield Oregon's camp followers and circuit riders Copperfield, no place for a lady, or a gentleman Coquettes of Coquille and other places Prostitution in Portland Sirens of Salem Gold rush girls of Alaska The demimonde of Dawson City Klondike Kate of the Yokon Soiled doves of Skaguay Dolly Arthur, the "sporting lady" of Ketchikan Zula Swanson, "Alaska's Richest Black"