The Life of Gladys Towles Root

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1. When the Law Was a Man's World
2. A Feisty, Much Loved Child
3. The Ultra-Speedy 'Divorce'
4. The Candy Shakedown
5. 'She Beat Me!'
6. Showing Too Much Skin
7. Marriage of Like Minds
8. Root's Beliefs on Sex Offenders
9. Gladys the Upredictable
10. Prostitutes and 'Perverts'
11. Rats, Aspirin and the Baseball Bumpkin
12. The Sinatra Kidnapping Case
13. Killings, Cars, and Taxes
14. Bibliography