Every big city has a red light district where mostly women will ply the oldest trade in the world, selling their bodies for sex.
Seattle, on the northwest coast of the United States, is no different in that respect and prostitution is said to run as deep as the rain through the city's history.
This book, Red Light History of Seattle Prostitution in Brothel's, aims to chronicle the history of sex for sale in one of America's biggest cities, from humble beginnings and necessity to high end brothels that cost as much as a top hotel room and came with a sound business plan.
From 1853 to the present day, prostitution in Seattle survived a civil war, two world wars, numerous other conflicts, prohibition, the Great Depression and the Covid-19 pandemic to name just a few of the world's biggest events.
Through it all, women (and some men) have made a living selling sex to those who want it, while a few have become fabulously wealthy from it.
Red Light History of Seattle Prostitution in Brothel's tells their story and will open your eyes to this city's love affair with selling sex.