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The Wicked West: Boozers, Cruisers, Gamblers, and More
Explores the Wicked Old West through its saloons, drinks, card games and loose women.
- GenresHistoryNonfiction
160 pages, Paperback
First published October 10, 2005
About the author
Sherry Monahan
29 books35 followersSherry Monahan a.k.a. S.A. Monahan
Sherry became enchanted with food at a young age. Her paternal grandfather was cook at a lumber camp and her father and aunts and uncles loved to cook. She studied Home Economics in middle school and fell in love. When her modeling career didn’t take off, she turned back to cooking and studied restaurant management. She didn’t want to spend 100-120 hours per week in the kitchen, so she fuels her food passion by writing about it. She also has a love of good wine, some beer, and cocktails. She enjoys visiting wineries and distilleries and discovering new labels. Her creative cooking skills produce some tasty meals, but it also lends itself to mixing drinks. She loves trying old classics and concocting new ones.
She began her writing career when she combined her passion for food, travel, and history. She penned her first book, Taste of Tombstone, in 1998. That same passion landed her a monthly magazine column in 2009 when she began writing her food column in True West entitled, Frontier Fare.
Sherry is a culinary historian who enjoys researching the genealogy of food and spirits. While there’s still plenty to explore about frontier food, she’s expanding her culinary repertoire to include places and foods from all over America and beyond.
She holds memberships in the James Beard Foundation, the Author’s Guild, Single Action Shooting Society, and the Wild West History Association. She is the past president of Western Writers of America (2014-2016), a professional genealogist, an honorary Dodge City marshal, and a member of the Most Intrepid Western Author Posse.
Sherry became enchanted with food at a young age. Her paternal grandfather was cook at a lumber camp and her father and aunts and uncles loved to cook. She studied Home Economics in middle school and fell in love. When her modeling career didn’t take off, she turned back to cooking and studied restaurant management. She didn’t want to spend 100-120 hours per week in the kitchen, so she fuels her food passion by writing about it. She also has a love of good wine, some beer, and cocktails. She enjoys visiting wineries and distilleries and discovering new labels. Her creative cooking skills produce some tasty meals, but it also lends itself to mixing drinks. She loves trying old classics and concocting new ones.
She began her writing career when she combined her passion for food, travel, and history. She penned her first book, Taste of Tombstone, in 1998. That same passion landed her a monthly magazine column in 2009 when she began writing her food column in True West entitled, Frontier Fare.
Sherry is a culinary historian who enjoys researching the genealogy of food and spirits. While there’s still plenty to explore about frontier food, she’s expanding her culinary repertoire to include places and foods from all over America and beyond.
She holds memberships in the James Beard Foundation, the Author’s Guild, Single Action Shooting Society, and the Wild West History Association. She is the past president of Western Writers of America (2014-2016), a professional genealogist, an honorary Dodge City marshal, and a member of the Most Intrepid Western Author Posse.
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September 17, 2023
Nice bits of insight into life in da west. Leans heavily on quoting (what seems to be a single expansive source from the library of congress) and so reads a little bit like a college essay wanting for length.
September 26, 2019
Factual and a good way to get an overview of vice but not a juicy read for being a book about vice.
November 3, 2021
Fantastic insight into saloons during the late 1800s. A must read for those wanting to learn more.
January 23, 2023
Some decent info, but nothing that couldn't be gleaned from a wikipedia browse or isn't covered in much more thorough resources. Not well edited at all.
August 28, 2012
About debauchery in the old West, this book is poorly written in an amateur fashion. Very interesting stories though.
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