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4065086Wicked Philadelphiahttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/wicked-philadelphia-9781614231059/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2639594/508d9996-25e2-4a7b-bdfe-96ac9412698d.jpg?v=638384251499170000222252MXNThe History PressInStock/Ebooks/<p>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 citys 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 Philadelphias most scintillating scandals and corrupt characters in this rollicking history.</p>...4001126Wicked Philadelphia222252https://www.gandhi.com.mx/wicked-philadelphia-9781614231059/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2639594/508d9996-25e2-4a7b-bdfe-96ac9412698d.jpg?v=638384251499170000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20109781614231059_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_<p><strong>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.<br />--Marty Moss-Coane, WHYY-FM</strong></p><p>Prim and proper Philadelphia has been rocked by the clash between excessive vice and social virtue since its citizens burned the citys 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 Philadelphias most scintillating scandals and corrupt characters in this rollicking history.</p>...(*_*)9781614231059_<p><strong>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.<br />--Marty Moss-Coane, WHYY-FM</strong></p><p>Prim and proper Philadelphia has been rocked by the clash between excessive vice and social virtue since its citizens burned the citys 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 Philadelphias most scintillating scandals and corrupt characters in this rollicking history.</p>...9781614231059_Arcadia Publishing Inc.libro_electonico_df2286f3-0046-372b-b32d-5d9ec30e348b_9781614231059;9781614231059_9781614231059Thomas H.InglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/ingrooves-epub-a7154f71-e759-4bd3-9eb5-9b7049a2e7ee.epub2010-02-19T00:00:00+00:00Arcadia Publishing Inc.