Wicked Philadelphia: Sin in the City of Brotherly Love

by Thomas H. Keels

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1596297875
• ISBN13: 9781596297876
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 124 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.9" x 9.0"