Sin in the Second City : Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America's Soul by Karen Abbott

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2007 Trade paperback First edition. Illustrated. Fine. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback advance uncorrected proofs, tiny rub on spine, essentially as new.

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2007 Hard cover First edition. Illustrated. Fine in fine dust jacket. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 356 p. Contains: Illustrations.

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2007-07-10 Hardcover Like New This is a new-looking 2007 hardcover with DJ. Second printing. All clean crisp rough-cut text pages with a nice tight binding. Daily shipping.

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2007 Hard Cover 3rd Print Fine in Fine jacket 9 1/2" NOT an ex library book. Clean interior pages. Dust jacket has no chips or tears, price is not clipped. Second City is Chicago, Illinois.

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Hardcover FINE Hardcover-1400065305 [ABBOTT, KAREN] SIN IN THE SECOND CITY.

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Book appears unread, but may have a publisher's mark or minor shelf wear.We are the Twin Cities' largest independent book store.

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2007 Hard Cover First Edition Fine in Fine jacket 8vo-over 7?"-9?" tall. Like-new copy. Appears unread. Stated First Edition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Price inside dustcover: $25.95. Tight spine, bright pages. Illustrated. 359 pages. The New York Times-Janet Maslin Sin and the Second City is assiduously researched. And it is well put together, mixing brief and longer chapters rather than striving for a more arbitrary format. But Ms. Abbott has to narrate and debunk, and her task is complicated. She had to wade through mountains of tabloid coverage about young women forced into prostitution; one such case, about a woman named Mona Marshall, whose story did not stand up to close scrutiny, generated about a half-million pages of newspaper attention. It's no small matter to sift the facts from the hyperbole. Biography Karen Abbott worked as a journalist on the staffs of Philadelphia magazine and Philadelphia Weekly and other publications. A native of Philadelphia, she now lives with her husband i

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New York 2007 hardcover Fine in fine jacket Illus. 8vo, gray boards, d.w. New York: Random House, (2007). Fine. History of the Chicago brothel, the Everleigh Club.

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May contain remainder marks. Over 6 million customers served. Order now. Selling books online since 1995. Few left in stock - order soon. Code: H20090907115302T

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