Confession time: I've got a chip on my shoulder. It's been there since I started researching Inside the Texas Chicken Ranch back in 2009. Once I realized there had been no serious historical survey of the infamous Chicken Ranch, I decided then and there that my book would be the account of record. The only problem was that I was neither an academic nor a historian. I was a journalist, and the only way I could approach such a project was as a journalist. I treated the Chicken Ranch as an exercise in investigative journalism and went from there. I remained keenly aware throughout the project that my results could be viewed as suspect by serious researchers because of my credentials (or lack thereof), so I endeavored to document and cite every source I used in the book. If you've taken a glance at the Inside the Texas Chicken Ranch endnotes, you'll know that there were a lot of sources cited once all was said and done. In fact, once I turned in my completed manuscript, with all the endnotes, index and bibliography, my publisher flinched. An already large book hand grown substantially larger--far larger than the average book they publish. In the interest of controlling production costs, they suggested that maybe we should eliminate the bibliography, as the vast majority of those sources listed were already cited in the notes. Me, being an agreeable sort, agreed. Fast forward to now. Along the way, I'd seen references to "scholarly works," and how these were held in higher esteem amongst academics and researchers. Curiosity finally getting the better of me, I sought out clear-cut definitions of "scholarly works" to flesh out my vague notions thereof. One of the first qualifications for such was that the sources used be thoroughly documented and cited. Well, great. I'm all aces on that count. The next criteria gave me some pause, though: Scholarly works should not be entertaining or pleasurable reads. That's not much of a paraphrase. One place online specifically listed the inclusion of academic jargon and a high difficulty in readability in order to be taken seriously as scholarly work. This, of course, is anathema to me. In journalism, clarity of language is paramount, and in my day job I do more than my share of translating jargon into English (which isn't always easy to do). Now, I can understand how a book or article on a serious research topic shouldn't necessarily be restricted to an 8th-grade reading level, the famous target of most mass-market print journalism. At the same time, I see zero reason to make information intentionally opaque via the use of artificially complex sentence structures and obscure word choice. I've no idea of the FOG index of Inside the Texas Chicken Ranch, but I'll wager it clocks in somewhere north of 8th grade. Writing can be sophisticated and still be clear. Then I came to the third criteria: Scholarly works must be written by recognized experts in the field, tenured university professors and the like. If a book is written by anyone else, laypeople or journalists then it is explicitly not scholarly work. It may be suitable as reference material for high school essays, but is wholly unsuitable for consideration at the collegiate level. At which point the chip on my shoulder grew three sizes that day. Every demon that hovered over my work for the prior six-plus years let out a collective sneer. After the throbbing from the moral insult to my person subsided, I considered the entire concept of "scholarly work" and realized that the only point that really and truly mattered was the first one--that all research be thoroughly documented, referenced and cited. The others--writing style and background of the author--are subjective. In this case, subjective snobbery. Yes, some degree of confidence in the presented material may be inferred from an author's credentials and writing ability, but that is secondary to the research itself. I make zero apologies to any student, scholar or researcher who picks up my book and enjoys reading it. In fact, I'll go out on a limb and offer a preemptive "You're welcome." As for my journalistic research methods, well, I admit there may be gaps in my material. I may have shortfalls in my research. But show me all the doctoral-level historians who've conducted more than nine hours of recorded interviews with Edna Milton Chadwell and published comprehensive histories of the Chicken Ranch brothel, and then we'll talk. The lack of a published bibliography remains an issue, though. No getting around it. So here it is, in its entirety. I'll add a downloadable .doc file to JaymeBlaschke.com in the near future, but for any high school students desperate for non-scholarly essay material, here's your lifeline.
Inside the Texas Chicken Ranch:
The Definitive Account of the Best Little Whorehouse
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