The Manhattan 'Madam' Who Hobnobbed With the City's Elite : vimarsana.com

A new biography by Debby Applegate recounts the story of Polly Adler, who arrived in America from Russia at 13 and became New York’s most successful brothel owner, befriending mobsters, policemen, politicians and writers.

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