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Wicked Philadelphia

By Keels, Thomas H.

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Wicked Philadelphia

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Historian Thomas Keels tells many ribald stories in his book, Wicked Philadelphia: Sin in the City of Brotherly Love, including various methods of body snatching and murder. --Marty Moss-Coane, WHYY-FM Prim and proper Philadelphia has been rocked by the clash between excessive vice and social virtue since its citizens burned the city's biggest brothel in 1800. With tales of grave robbers in South Philadelphia and harlots in Franklin Square, Wicked Philadelphia reveals the shocking underbelly of the City of Brotherly Love. In one notorious scam, a washerwoman masqueraded as the fictional Spanish countess Anita de Bettencourt for two decades, bilking millions from victims and even fooling the government of Spain. From the 1843 media frenzy that ensued after an aristocrat abducted a young girl to a churchyard transformed into a brothel (complete with a carousel), local author Thomas H. Keels unearths Philadelphia's most scintillating scandals and corrupt characters in this rollicking history.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
124
Release Date:
2010-02-12
Publication Date:
2010-02-19
Publisher:
Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1596297875
ISBN13:
9781596297876
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
217 g
Height:
151 cm
Width:
231 cm
Thickness:
14 cm
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