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Insight Philadelphia - Historical Essays Illustrated (Hardcover)
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Insight Philadelphia - Historical Essays Illustrated (Hardcover)
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Each of the nearly 100 essays in Insight Philadelphia tells a
succinct, compelling, and little-known tale of the city's past.
Some stories are quirky, like how early gas stations were designed
to resemble classical temples, or the saga of how a museum acquired
a 2000-year-old Greek statue, then had it demolished with a
sledgehammer. Other stories turn serious, exploring the tragic
deaths of child laborers in the city's textile mills and a
century-old case of racial profiling that led to a stationhouse
murder. Historian Kenneth Finkel introduces readers to the many
brave souls and colorful characters who left their mark on the
city, from the Irish immigrant "coal heavers"-who initiated the
nation's first general strike-to the teenage Josephine Baker making
a flashy debut on the Philadelphia stage. Illustrated with scores
of rare archival images, Insight Philadelphia will give readers a
new appreciation for the people and places that make the City of
Brotherly Love so unique.
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