The Killers: A Narrative of Real Life in Philadelphia
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PHILADELPHIA, the 1840s: a corrupt banker disowns his dissolute son, who then reappears as a hardened smuggler in the contraband slave trade. Another son, hidden from his father since birth and condemned as a former felon, falls in with a ferocious street gang led by his elder brother and his revenge-hungry comrade from Cuba. His adopted sister, a beautiful actress, is kidnapped, and her remorseful black captor becomes her savior as his tavern...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0812223748
ISBN13:9780812223743
Release Date:November 2016
Publisher:University of Pennsylvania Press
Length:256 Pages
Weight:0.70 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 5.1" x 8.2"
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