Snuggled in between the Delaware and Schuylkill Rivers lies William Penn's "Holy Experiment." The birthing ground for religious freedom became the birthing ground of a new nation and so much more. This "Philadelphia Story" tells it all from the first paper mill to the Mummer's Parade to American Bandstand.

Preface

Chapter 1: Go Fly a Kite-1752

Chapter 2: The Transit of Venus-1769

Chapter 3: A Housewife Spy Completes Her Mission-1777

Chapter 4: Meschianza-1778

Chapter 5: The Doans are Done-1787

Chapter 6: First in Liberty; First in Robbery-1798

Chapter 7: The Riots of 1844-1844

Chapter 8: The Sad Fate of the Swimming Elephants-1847

Chapter 9: A Man Invents His Killer-1867

Chapter 10: The Autopsy of Chang and Eng-1874

Chapter 11: The Great Exposition-1876

Chapter 12: A Runaway Kid-1892

Chapter 13: Mummer's Parade-1901

Chapter 14: A Sticky Situation-1928

Chapter 15: The 1929 Athletics-1929

Chapter 16: Monopoly, A Game of Big Money-1936

Chapter 17: ENIAC, The First Electronic Digital Computer-1947

Chapter 18: A Miracle-1949

Chapter 19: American Bandstand-1957

Chapter 20: Wilt's 100-1962

Chapter 21: The Snowball Santa Incident-1968

Chapter 22: An Elusive Killer-1976

Chapter 23: Million Dollar Mania-1981

Famous Philadelphians

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