Barrooms, Brothels, and Brawls: The Rowdy Side of the Old West

A gritty tour of the rowdiest side of frontier life—the saloons, gambling halls, and brothels where cowboys, outlaws, and fortune-seekers let off steam. Chapters cover the notorious figures who ran these establishments and the brawls that defined them.

Beyond the myth of the quiet western town lay a world of vice, violence, and escape. This book pulls back the curtain on the places where the real Old West let its hair down.