| Wicked Philadelphia: Sin in the City of Brotherly Love Contributor(s): Keels, Thomas H. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1596297875 ISBN-13: 9781596297876 Publisher: History Press OUR PRICE: $19.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa) - True Crime |
| Dewey: 974.811 |
| LCCN: 2009050438 |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.9" W x 9" (0.50 lbs) 124 pages |
| Themes: - Locality - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Geographic Orientation - Pennsylvania |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. Prim and proper Philadelphia |
Contributor Bio(s): Keels, Thomas H.: - Thomas H. Keels is an auslander, sociologist E. Digby Baltzell's term for an outsider who moves to Philadelphia and falls in love with its rich heritage. Since moving to Philadelphia in 1988, Tom has written five books dealing with local history: Wicked Philadelphia; Forgotten Philadelphia: Lost Architecture of the Quaker City; Philadelphia Graveyards and Cemeteries; Philadelphia's Rittenhouse Square (with Robert Morris Skaler); and Chestnut Hill (with Liz Jarvis). His next book, Rainbow Cities: Philadelphia's Three World's Fairs, will be published in 2012. Tom is a regular contributor to the Rittenhouse Sq. Revue and also contributes features to Creatively Speaking on WRTI-FM. A self-proclaimed taphophile, he has been a tour guide at Laurel Hill, Philadelphia's premier Victorian cemetery, for over a decade. |