Thanks to the classic Dolly Parton film The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas and ZZ Top\'s ode La Grange, many people think they know the story of the infamous Chicken Ranch.
Drawn from exclusive interviews and expanded with newly uncovered information, Jayme Lynn Blaschke\'s revelatory exposition of the Ranch illuminates the truth and lies surrounding this iconic brothel..
That is, until a secret conspiracy enlisted an opportunistic reporter to bring it all crashing down on primetime television.
Madam Edna Milton and her girls ran a tight, discreet ship that the God-fearing people of La Grange tolerated if not outright embraced.
For more than a century, dirt farmers and big-cigar politicians alike rubbed shoulders at the Chicken Ranch, operated openly under the sheriff\'s watchful eye.
The reality is more complex, lying somewhere between heartbreaking and absurd.
Thanks to the classic Dolly Parton film The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas and ZZ Top\'s ode La Grange, many people think they know the story of the infamous Chicken Ranch