Karen Abbott’s first book was “Sin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys and the Battle for America’s Soul,” which needles to say, was not the kind of history book you read in school. Centered around the Everleigh Sisters who ran a prominent Chicago brothel for more than a decade, Abbott explored not just the sisters and their many famous clients, but the religious and political figures who collaborated with, fought against, and made their names, locally and nationally, around this...
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SUICIDEGIRL
California, USA
MAR 27, 2012 06:00 AM