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Summary
In this, a collection of profiles of the famous, infamous, and nearly famous of the last quarter century, the writers and editors of Philadelphia magazine have assembled some of the greatest writing from the pages of their magazine. Included in this reader are essays on athletes, like Mike Schmidt and Dr. J; captains of industry, including Brian Roberts; and of course, the politicians: Governor Rendell, Mayor Goode, and many other civic leaders. Performers and personalities, like Patti LaBelle and Terry Gross, also fill the pages, sometimes with their own words, and sometime presented through the writing of some our city's most gifted journalists.The Philadelphia Reader will be the book to read in the city this year, and is an indispensable handbook to knowing the great cast of players that have given our city its characters and our stories.
Table of Contents
Foreword | p. vi |
Introduction | p. ix |
1988 to 1994 | p. 2 |
Mrs. Nose Builds Her Dream Closet (Sandra Newman) | p. 3 |
The Transmogrification of Arlen Specter | p. 19 |
Presumed Innocent (Mumia Abu-Jamal) | p. 31 |
My Philadelphia Story: W. Wilson Goode, Sr. | p. 43 |
Bobby Simone's Last 1,000 Martinis | p. 45 |
"How Many Ed Rendells Are There?" | p. 62 |
1995 to 1999 | p. 80 |
End of the Line (Robert Montgomery Scott) | p. 81 |
The Unloved (Mike Schmidt) | p. 90 |
A Proper Distance (Anne d'Harnoncourt) | p. 99 |
My Philadelphia Story: Judy Wicks | p. 108 |
Roberts Rules (Brian Roberts) | p. 110 |
Murder, He Sculpted (Frank Bender) | p. 119 |
Who's Afraid of Richard Glanton? | p. 127 |
My Philadelphia Story: Judith Rodin | p. 142 |
The Trouble with Harry (Harry Jay Katz) | p. 144 |
Richard Sprague Knows Everything | p. 161 |
Shut Up, You Wimps, and Pull (Mike Teti) | p. 171 |
My Philadelphia Story: Terry Gross | p. 181 |
2000 to 2004 | p. 184 |
Second Coming (Mayor John Street) | p. 185 |
Night Moves (M. Night Shyamalan) | p. 194 |
Vernon the Barbarian (Vernon Hill) | p. 203 |
My Philadelphia Story: Smarty Jones | p. 212 |
The Prodigy and the Playmate (Mark Yagalla) | p. 214 |
Soul Reviver (Kenny Gamble) | p. 228 |
Julius Erving Doesn't Want to Be a Hero Anymore | p. 238 |
My Philadelphia Story: Patti LaBelle | p. 250 |
Boo-Boos in Paradise (David Brooks) | p. 252 |
Did Dr. Norwood Go Too Far? (Dr. William Norwood) | p. 259 |
Would You Throw Your Bra at This Kid? (Lang Lang) | p. 272 |
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