Notorious Pittsburgh

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Main Author: Whitlatch, Chris (Author)
Other Authors: Wos, Joe (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: [Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania] : Chris Whitlatch, [2023]
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245 1 0 |a Notorious Pittsburgh /  |c Chris Whitlatch ; with illustrations by Joe Wos. 
264 1 |a [Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania] :  |b Chris Whitlatch,  |c [2023] 
300 |a ix, 146 pages :  |b illustrations ;  |c 23 cm 
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-145). 
505 0 |a Get to know a different Downtown: Judges, lawyers, and prostitutes, oh my ; Forbidden love and Pittsburgh's great escape ; Pittsburgh's Chinatown : battles won and lost ; Grant's Hill -- Gone, but let's not forget: Pittsburgh's longest serving brothel ; Pittsburgh's first bank robbery ; Pittsburgh's most infamous bar and one of its most creative criminals -- The rise of the rackets and prohibition: One Monday in June 1926 ; The wettest building in Pittsburgh ; The bumpy rise of organized crime ; The queen before the king -- Pittsburgh's red light district part 1: How did the red-light district come about? ; The vice king is dead ; The stage is set -- Pittsburgh's red light district part 2: The Christmas bombing ; A hot August night ; The toughest, sweetest person you ever met ; Turning off the red light -- Some of my other favorite notorious stories: The serial killer that most Pittsburgher's [that is, Pittsburghers] don't know ; Another tragic last supper ; The gentleman of Verona ; Rob the boss ; A notorous future ; Afterword ; Tour stops. 
650 0 |a Crime  |z Pennsylvania  |z Pittsburgh  |x History  |v Anecdotes. 
650 0 |a Criminals  |z Pennsylvania  |z Pittsburgh  |x History  |v Anecdotes. 
650 0 |a Corruption  |z Pennsylvania  |z Pittsburgh  |x History  |v Anecdotes. 
650 0 |a Vice control  |z Pennsylvania  |z Pittsburgh  |x History  |v Anecdotes. 
650 0 |a Prostitution  |z Pennsylvania  |z Pittsburgh  |x History  |v Anecdotes. 
650 0 |a Organized crime  |z Pennsylvania  |z Pittsburgh  |x History  |v Anecdotes. 
651 0 |a Pittsburgh (Pa.)  |x History. 
651 0 |a Pittsburgh (Pa.)  |x Social life and customs. 
655 7 |a Local histories.  |2 lcgft 
655 7 |a Anecdotes.  |2 lcgft 
700 1 |a Wos, Joe,  |e illustrator. 
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