{"product_id":"wicked-philadelphia-sin-in-the-city-of-brotherly-love-9781596297876","title":"Wicked Philadelphia: Sin in the City of Brotherly Love","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistorian 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.\u003cbr\u003e--Marty Moss-Coane, WHYY-FM\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrim 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e History Press (SC)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/19\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781596297876\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 125\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 5.90w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2010 pg. 71\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Thomas H. Keels","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36661182660764,"sku":"9781596297876","price":18.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_2731452a-1c1a-4e3a-a202-fa9536dafd01.jpg?v=1603898858","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/wicked-philadelphia-sin-in-the-city-of-brotherly-love-9781596297876","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}