A new biography by Debby Applegate recounts the story of Polly Adler, who arrived in America from Russia at 13 and became New York’s most successful brothel owner, befriending mobsters, policemen, politicians and writers.A new biography by Debby Applegate recounts the story of Polly Adler, who arrived in America from Russia at 13 and became New York’s most successful brothel owner, befriending mobsters, policemen, politicians and writers.Read MoreBooks and Literature, Prostitution, Women and Girls, Nineteen Hundred Twenties, Manhattan (NYC), Madam: The Biography of Polly Adler, Icon of the Jazz Age (Book), Applegate, Debby, Adler, Polly
