By Lisa Riggin
In San Francisco’s Queen of Vice, Lisa Riggin tells the tale of the increase and fall of San Francisco’s “abortion queen” and explores the contention among Burns and the city’s newly elected district lawyer, Edmund G. “Pat” Brown (father of the current governor of California). Pledging to freshen up the graft-ridden urban, Brown uncovered the hidden yet not-so-secret lifetime of backroom bargains, political payoffs, and corrupt urban law enforcement officials. throughout the arrest, prosecution, and conviction of Burns, Brown used his luck as a stepping-stone for his political upward thrust to California’s governor’s mansion.
that includes an array of larger-than-life characters, Riggin indicates how chilly struggle family ideology and the nationwide quest to come to a extra conventional the USA quick built right into a conflict opposed to inner decay. in response to a mixture of newspaper bills, courtroom documents, and private interviews, San Francisco’s Queen of Vice unearths how the drama performed out within the existence and trial of 1 of the wealthiest girls in California history.
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