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Author Cook, Mary J. Straw (Mary Jean Straw), author.

Title Doña Tules : Santa Fe's courtesan and gambler / Mary J. Straw Cook
Edition First paperback edition
Published Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2021
©2007

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Description 1 online resource (1 volume)
Contents Intro -- Half title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter One Valle del Río Bavispe, Sonora -- Chapter Two Valencia and Real de Dolores -- Chapter Three Reina de la Baraja, Queen of the Deck -- Chapter Four Los Americanos -- Chapter Five "The Hall of Final Ruin" and Other Real Estate -- Chapter Six La Hijuela -- Chapter Seven Vita fugit sicut umbra-Life fleeth like a shadow -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Appendix C -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary Cook takes a new look at this notorious woman of 1840s Santa Fe
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 28, 2021)
Subject Barceló, Gertrudis, -1852.
SUBJECT Barceló, Gertrudis, -1852 fast
Subject Prostitutes -- New Mexico -- Santa Fe -- Biography
Women gamblers -- New Mexico -- Santa Fe -- Biography
Gamblers -- New Mexico -- Santa Fe -- Biography
Businesswomen -- New Mexico -- Santa Fe -- Biography
Frontier and pioneer life -- New Mexico -- Santa Fe
Businesswomen
Frontier and pioneer life
Gamblers
Manners and customs
Prostitutes
Women gamblers
SUBJECT Santa Fe (N.M.) -- Biography
Santa Fe (N.M.) -- History -- 19th century
Santa Fe (N.M.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
New Mexico -- History -- 19th century
Subject New Mexico
New Mexico -- Santa Fe
Genre/Form Biographies
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780826343154
0826343155