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- The Philadelphia Reader
- Book
- 2009
- Published by: Temple University Press
summary
Do you love Philadelphia? Do you love good writing? Well, this is the book for you. It's about the people of Philadelphia--the good, the fine, and the imperfect. Yes, the sports heroes are here--Mike Schmidt, Julius ("Dr. J.") Erving. And the politicians--Ed Rendell, John Street. And the moguls--Brian Roberts, Comcast honcho. And the would-be moguls--Mark Yagalla, world-class embezzler. And so many more, including--writing in their own words--Terry Gross, Patti LaBelle, W. Wilson Goode, Sr., Judy Wicks, Judith Rodin, and Smarty Jones (proving that this horse is no one-trick pony). And so many more--25 of them in all. The people--and the horse--who have meant something to this city during the last 20 years. Ripped from the pages of Philadelphia magazine (well, OK, carefully removed and lovingly pasted into this book), here are profiles of the people who made an era.
Table of Contents
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- Title, Copyright
- pp. i-iv
- Foreword By Buzz Bissinger
- pp. 7-9
- Introduction
- pp. ix-xiii
- PART ONE: 1988 TO 1994
- Presumed Innocent (Mumia Abu-Jamal)
- pp. 31-42
- Bobby Simone’s Last 1,000 Martinis
- pp. 45-61
- "How Many Ed Rendells Are There?”
- pp. 62-79
- PART TWO: 1995 TO 1999
- The Unloved (Mike Schmidt)
- pp. 90-98
- A Proper Distance (Anne d’Harnoncourt)
- pp. 99-107
- My Philadelphia Story: Judy Wicks Interview
- pp. 108-109
- Roberts Rules (Brian Roberts)
- pp. 110-118
- Murder, He Sculpted (Frank Bender)
- pp. 119-126
- The Trouble with Harry (Harry Jay Katz)
- pp. 144-160
- Richard Sprague Knows Everything
- pp. 161-170
- Shut Up, You Wimps, and Pull (Mike Teti)
- pp. 171-180
- My Philadelphia Story: Terry Gross Interview
- pp. 181-183
- PART THREE: 2000 TO 2004
- Second Coming (Mayor John Street)
- pp. 185-193
- Night Moves (M. Night Shyamalan)
- pp. 194-202
- Vernon the Barbarian (Vernon Hill)
- pp. 203-211
- The Prodigy and the Playmate (Mark Yagalla)
- pp. 214-227
- Soul Reviver (Kenny Gamble)
- pp. 228-237
- Boo-Boos in Paradise (David Brooks)
- pp. 252-258
Additional Information
ISBN
9781592137718
Related ISBN(s)
9781592134601, 9781592134618
MARC Record
OCLC
966876992
Pages
296
Launched on MUSE
2017-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No