Eileen Hallet Stone | Selling Sex in Utah: A History of Vice

Join local author and storyteller Eileen Hallet Stone for an in-person discussion about her new book, Selling Sex in Utah: A History of Vice.  This in-person event is open to the public and will take place at the bookshop. Finca will be providing tapas (small plates) and a limited cash bar for drinks.

Pre-order your signed copy of Selling Sex in Utah: A History of Vice today, by either calling the store at 801-484-9100 or ordering online. Please specify if you will be attending the event and if you want your book personalized. If you cannot make this event, signed copies of Selling Sex in Utah: A History of Vice may be ordered the same way.

About the book: 

In the late 1840s, the new frontier west of the Missouri River opened its floodgates to opportunity and adventure. In a new land, where men were lonely and women scarce, prostitutes poured in to ply their trade wherever they could–under trees, in wagons or random shanties. Within decades, prostitution expanded into cities and towns. Red light districts, brothels and cribs sprouted like wildflowers. Ogden’s notorious madam Belle London enticed Salt Lake Councilmen to hire her to oversee their one hundred fifty room crib stockade. Park City’s Mother Urban successfully defended her sixteen row houses as “necessities” for thousands of miners. The ballyhooed brothels of Helper stimulated “hunting trips” for Salt Lake men willing to travel for sex. Award-winning author Eileen Hallet Stone combed newspapers, archives and court cases to examine the lives, equity and infamy of Utah prostitution.