Genre: Historical Fiction / Vintage Sleaze

Written under the pseudonym, James Kendricks.

Originally printed in 1961.

SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST

Men like Mike Gannon and Black John Bennett made their living off the Erie Canal, forever battling one another for control of canal shipping.

Women like Moira Kennally—the wanton widow turned Madam -- and the Egyptian, owner of the notorious pleasure parlor, The Golden Tassel - made their living off men like Mike and Black John, offering their passionate embraces in return for the hard-earned dollars the canalers wrested from "The Big Ditch."

Together and apart they lived and loved in a mad search for power and pleasure during one of the most turbulent eras in the mainstream of American life.

Transcribed by Kurt Brugel & Douglas Vaughan. - 2020

Scratchboard book cover illustration by Kurt Brugel