Wicked Richmond
eBook - ePub

Wicked Richmond

  1. 112 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Wicked Richmond

About this book

Home to many of the nation's original founders and statesmen, Richmond has a history that runs as deep as America itself. Yet within these depths lies something darker. For despite its illustrious reputation, Richmond has a sordid streak. Venture through the city's colorful history of vice, intrigue and subterfuge with author Beth Brown as she traces the scandalous stories that pepper Richmond's past. From colonial founding to the Prohibition era and beyond, Wicked Richmond presents a comprehensive look at the city's murky history. Whether it's tales of Civil War espionage, Spanish pirates captured off the Virginia coast and brought to justice in Richmond, rumrunners peddling liquor during Prohibition or the misadventures of upper-crust colonial families, Wicked Richmond captures the spirit of debauchery that runs through this historic city's past.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Introduction
  7. Lust, Lost Fortune and the Lottery
  8. A Traitor Arrives
  9. The Fall of the Randolphs
  10. Liquor and Libel
  11. The House Is on Fire!
  12. The Trial of Aaron Burr
  13. A Poisoned Statesman
  14. Averted Destruction
  15. Pirates at the Penitentiary
  16. The Enquirer v. the Whig
  17. Hell on Earth
  18. Espionage
  19. Lewis Ginter and his Hotel
  20. The Murder of Lillian Madison
  21. Henry Beattie and Beulah Binford
  22. Richmond's Smallest Menace
  23. Saving the City from Itself
  24. The Tri-State Gang
  25. A Battle of Books
  26. The Great Schwartzchild Heist
  27. Bibliography
  28. About the Author