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Wicked Philadelphia: sin in the city of brotherly love
2010, History Press
in English
1596297875 9781596297876
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Introduction
Oh! it's a lovely war! : the Mischianza, 1778
Brotherly love and sisterly affection : the rise of the red light districts, ca. 1820
The victorians called it "seduction" : the Heberton-Mercer murder case, 1843
"Is there no law to hang them?" : body snatching at Lebanon cemetery, 1882
The best little whorehouse in Philly : James R. Applegate's flying circus, 1890
My mother, the "countess" : the Anita de Bettencourt fraud, 1892
The Frayed Fabric of our lives : the storey Cotton Con, 1905
The sugar daddy and the broadway butterfly : the Dot King murder, 1923
The Sesqui sinks : the World's Fair Fiasco, 1926
What lies beneath : the Lafayette cemetery scandal, 1946
Good night, sweet prince : John Barrymore comes home, 1980.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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