{"product_id":"wicked-philadelphia-thomas-h-keels-9781540220615","title":"Wicked Philadelphia: Sin in the City of Brotherly Love","description":"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 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 his rollicking history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas H. Keels\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1540220613\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781540220615\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e History Press Library Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/19\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 130\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38d","brand":"Thomas H. Keels","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47611772666111,"sku":"9781540220615","price":31.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_58b5b4b3-0efd-430c-9e20-48a362dc7cff.jpg?v=1764515976","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/wicked-philadelphia-thomas-h-keels-9781540220615","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}