Insight Philadelphia: Historical Essays Illustrated

Each of the nearly 100 essays in this volume tells a succinct, compelling, and little-known tale of the city's past. Historian Kenneth Finkel introduces readers to the many brave souls and colourful characters who left their mark on the city, from the Irish immigrant ""coal heavers"", who initiated the US's first general strike, to the teenage Josephine Baker making a flashy debut on the Philadelphia stage.