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PHILADELPHIA’S GOLDEN AGE OF CRIME was unlike anything you’ve ever seen before.  Between 1882 and 1922 over a million  poor immigrants settled in Philly and many turned to the streets for survival.  This began a  rash of gangs—Italian, Irish, Jewish, Black—that sold everything from booze and drugs to protection, sex and games of chance.  It was hard  to tell good guys from the bad as political and police corruption was rampant for almost 100 years.  Mob historian Fred Lavner takes you back for all the incredible details and all the characters in a fascinating narrative filled with almost 100 pictures.                        Hardcover.   8.5 x 11.  240 pages