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Author | William Bradford Huie |
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Language | English |
Release number | 1 |
Genre | Fiction |
Publisher | Duell, Sloan & Pearce |
Publication date | 1951 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | |
Pages | 248 |
OCLC | 1896792 |
Followed by | The Americanization of Emily |
The Revolt of Mamie Stover is a 1951 novel by William Bradford Huie about a young woman from Mississippi who goes to Hollywood to work as an actress.[1][2] Driven into prostitution, she moves to Honolulu, works at a brothel and takes it over, challenges restrictions against prostitutes after the US armed forces are built up on the island, buys real estate, and becomes a wealthy war profiteer.