Ellen Baumler, “Devil’s Perch: Prostitution from Suite to Cellar in Butte, Montana,” Montana: The Magazine of Western History 48, no. 3 (1998): 4–21.

Anne M. Butler, Daughters of Joy, Sisters of Misery: Prostitutes in the American West, 1865–90 (Champaign: University of Illinois Press, 1987).

Ruth Rosen, “Go West Young Woman? Prostitution on the Frontier,” Reviews in American History 14, no. 1 (1986): 91–96.

McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971; 120 minutes). Roger Ebert, the Chicago Sun Times’ film critic, remarked in a review that Robert B. Altman’s film McCabe and Mrs. Miller “was like no other western ever made.” His remark certainly extended to the portrayal of the madam, Mrs. Miller. How does the portrayal of Mrs. Miller compare with your understanding of Louisa Cousselle’s life?