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A hub of sex, crime, and drugs, Boston's Combat Zone, the nation's largest adult entertainment district during the last half of the 20th century, lured white- and blue-collar workers, lawyers, professors, judges and cops to watch and chat up its adult performers, many of whom earned more than white-collar professionals. By 1985, its multi-decade run was over. Why did it last so long, despite constant attempts to destroy it? What drew thousands of women to perform there, despite the potential for danger? And what became of them, after the lights dimmed and the music stopped?
This first comprehensive history of the Combat Zone authored by an active participant, is told through the gritty perspective of a Boston cab driver married to a star dancer. It introduces the district's strippers, club owners, transgender performers, prostitutes and cops, depicting them as neither saints nor sinners as they fought for survival and success in a time of sexual revolution and political upheaval. This is their story, much of it told in their own words.
Contents
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
One. Crashing into the Zone
Two. Claire at the Cat
Three. On the Firing Line
Four. Requiem for a Cabbie
Five. New Town, Old City
Six. No Breaks for the Famous
Seven. The Caribe Lounge
Eight. Stage Flight
Nine. Into the Combat Zone
Ten. Biting on the Lure of Glamour
Eleven. The Arrival and Disappearance of Debra Beckerman
Twelve. Princess in Paradise: The Cheyenne Story
Thirteen. Circus at the Picc-a-dilly
Fourteen. The Combat Zone's Miss Exotic Dance Contest of 1979
Fifteen. The Two O'Clock Lounge
Sixteen. The Girls Can't Help It
Seventeen. Switching Tracks: Transsexual Exotics in the Zone
Eighteen. Shooting Stars: Photography in the Zone
Nineteen. Chasing Chesty and the Ghosts of Burlesque
Twenty. The Pilgrim Theatre, Chesty Morgan and the Final Days of Burlesque
Twenty-one. Family du Jour with All the Trimmings
Twenty-two. Paradise Calling
Twenty-three. Curious Customers, Humiliating Habits
Twenty-four. Suicides, Stiffed Fares and Beaten Women
Twenty-five. An Evening with the Bitch of Boston
Twenty-six. Grifters and Guam
Twenty-seven. Hedy Jo Star, Combat Zone Couturière
Twenty-eight. Scollay Square, Mother Church of the Combat Zone
Twenty-nine. Crime in the Clubs
Thirty. Andy and Robin
Thirty-one. Ups and Downs at the Penthouse
Thirty-two. Meeting Claire
Thirty-three. California to Boston: A Fateful Letter, a Barking Omen
Thirty-four. Slippery Seconds: Taxi Sex and Bookstore BJs
Thirty-five. Death Rides a Medallion
Thirty-six. Snowbunnies
Thirty-seven. Rock and a Hard Place
Thirty-eight. FNG: The Newbie Behind the Wheel
Thirty-nine. From Slowpokes to Retahds: A Maniac's Boston Driving Manual
Forty. Boyfriends, Girlfriends, Sponsors
Forty-one. Cab for the Hab: New Hustles for an Old City
Forty-two. She Who Supplied It Denied It
Forty-three. Taxi in Black and White
Forty-four. The Trouble with Bubbles
Forty-five. Farewell to Arms
Forty-six. Hooker in a Hurry
Forty-seven. Unbottled Emotions
Forty-eight. Pandora's End: Sammy Runbridge
Forty-nine. Back into the Future
Fifty. Last Days of the Combat Zone
Appendix I. A Roster of Combat Zone Clubs, Theaters, Bookstores
Appendix II. A Combat Zone Venue Owners Gazetteer
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
