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Tag: Debby Applegate

Madam: The Biography of Polly Adler, Icon of the Jazz Age

New Biography of Polly Adler, Icon of Jazz Age Vice, Publishes Today

Posted on November 2, 2021November 1, 2021 by Kevin Fitzpatrick

Debby Applegate earned a Pulitzer Prize for writing The Most Famous Man in America, the Biography of Henry Ward Beecher, and now she turns her gaze to the Jazz Age and one of the most popular names in Manhattan: brothel owner Polly Adler. Applegate spent more than a decade researching and crafting the book. Get…

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