Philadelphia
(see also Cities)
Basics
On the Web: Articles
On the Web: Specialized Sites
Philadelphia City Paper. Alternative paper.
In the Library: Articles
In the Library: Non-Fiction Books
Bissinger, Buzz. A Prayer for the City (NY: Random House, 1997).
Bowser, Charles W. Let the Bunker Burn: The Final Battle with MOVE (Philadelphia: Camino, 1989).
Davis, Susan G. Parades & Power: Street Theater in 19th-c. Philadelphia (Berkeley: U. of California, 1986).
Friedman, Murray (ed.) Philadelphia Jewish Life, 1940-2000 (Philadelphia: Temple, 2003).
Griffin, Sean Patrick. Philadelphia's "Black Mafia": A Social & Political History (Boston: Kluwer Academic, 2003).
Harrison, Andrew. Passover Revisited: Philadelphia's Efforts to Aid Soviet Jews, 1963-1998 (Madison NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson U., 2001).
Kane, Larry. Larry Kane's Philadelphia (Philadelphia: Temple, 2000).
Lyons, Paul. The People of This Generation: The Rise & Fall of the New Left in Philadelphia (Philadelphia: U. of Pennsylvania, 2003).
Mandelbaum, Seymour J. What is Philadelphia? (Philadelphia: Center for Philadelphia Studies, 1982).
Paolantonio, S.A. Frank Rizzo: The Last Big Man in Big City America (Philadelphia: Camino, 1993).
Watt, David Harrington. Bible-Carrying Christians: Conservative Protestants & Social Power (NY: Oxford, 2002). Impact on Philadelphia.
In the Library: Fiction
Amiel, Joseph. A Question of Proof (NY: Crown, 1993).
Bailey-Williams, Nicole. A Little Piece of Sky (Elkins Park PA: Sugarene's, 2000).
Bellamy, Adrienne. Connecting (NY: New American Library, 2005). Friendship.
Bradley, David. South Street (NY: Scribner, 1986).
Cambell, Helen. Turnip Blues (Duluth MN: Spinsters' Ink, 1997).
Carey, Lorene. The Price of a Child: A Novel (NY: Knopf, 1995). Freedmen & abolitionists.
Cronin, Justin. Mary & O'Neill (NY: Delta, 2002). High school teachers.
D'Erasmo, Stacey. Tea: a Novel (Chapel Hill NC: Algonquin, 2000).
Dexter, Pete. Brotherly Love (NY: Random House, 1991). Mafia.
__________. Train: A Novel (NY: Doubleday, 2003).
Durham, David Anthony. Walk Through Darkness (NY: Doubleday, 2002). Fugitive slaves.
Falter-Barnes, Suzanne. Doin' the Box-Step (NY: Random House, 1992).
Fauset, Jessie Redmon. There is Confusion [1924] (Boston: Northeastern U., 1989).
Frisby, Mister Mann. Wifebeater: A Novel (NY: Riverhead Freestyle, 2005).
Gangemi, Joseph. Inamorata: a Novel (NY: Viking, 2004).
Grindle, Lucrecia W. The Nightspinners: A Novel (NY: Random House, 2003).
Haddam, Jane. Deadly Beloved (NY: Bantam, 1997). Gregor Demarkian, Armenian-American private eye.
__________. True Believers (NY: St. Martin's Minotaur, 2001). Gregor Demarkian.
__________. Conspiracy Theory (NY: St. Martin's Minotaur, 2003). More Gregor Demarkian.
Hobbs, Allison. Pandora's Box (Bowie MD: Strebor, 2003). Children of prostitutes.
Holmes, Shannon. Bad Girlz (NY: Atria, 2003). Stripteasers.
Hunt, Marsha. Free (NY: Dutton, 1993).
Hunter, Travis. Trouble Man: A Novel (NY: Villard, 2003).
Johnson, Mat. Drop (NY: Bloomsbury, 2000). Advertising.
Jones, Solomon. Pipe Dream: A Novel (NY: Villard, 2001).
López, Steve. Third & Indiana: A Novel (NY: Viking, 1994). Teen-age drug trade.
__________. The Sunday Macaroni Club (NY: Harcourt Brace, 1997).
Major, Marcus. Good Peoples (NY: Dutton, 2000).
__________. A Family Affair (NY: Dutton, 2004).
McKinney-Whetstone, Diane. Tumbling (NY: William Morrow, 1996).
__________. Tempest Rising: A Novel (NY: William Morrow, 1998).
__________. Blues Dancing: A Novel (NY: William Morrow, 1999).
__________. Leaving Cecil Street (NY: William Morrow, 2004). Teenage pregnancy.
McLaren, Kim. Taming it Down: A Novel (NY: William Morrow, 1998). Journalists.
__________. Meeting of the Waters: A Novel (NY: William Morrow, 2001).
Oliver, Jim. Wings in the Snow (Los Angeles: Alyson, 1998). Gay parenting.
Robotham, Rosemary. Zachary's Wings (NY: Scribner, 1998).
Rock, Peter. The Ambidextrist (NY: Context, 2002). Homeless people.
Schwartzchild, Edward. Responsible Men: A Novel (Chapel Hill NC: Algonquin, 2005). Jewish family.
Scott, Anne. Calpurnia (NY: Knopf, 2003).
Scottoline, Lisa. Rough Justice (NY: HarperCollins, 1997).
__________. Mistaken Identity (NY: HarperCollins, 1999).
__________. Dead Ringer (NY: HarperCollins, 2003).
Thomas, Brenda L. The Velvet Rope: A Novel (NY: Downtown, 2005).
Tyree, Omar. For the Love of Money: A Novel (NY: Simon & Schuster, 2001).
Watts, Timothy. Steal Away (NY: Soho, 1996). Burglars.
Wideman, John Edgar. Philadelphia Fire: A Novel (NY: Vintage, 1991). MOVE bombing.
__________. Two Cities (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1998).
Wister, Owen. Romney, & Other New Works about Philadelphia (University Park: Pennsylvania State U., 2001).
In the Library: For Young Readers
De Angeli, Marguerite. Bright April (NY: Doubleday, 1946).
In the Library: Poetry
In the Library: Drama
In the Library: Photography
CD & Audio
Film & Video
"American Dreams" [2003], dir. David Semel, ?m. Dreams of glory in 60s Philadelphia.
"Diary of a City Priest" [2001], dir. Eugene Martin, ?m. Memoir of a Philadelphia parish priest.
"Girls Like Us" [1997], dir. Jane C. Wagner, 45m. Teenage pregnancy in South Philadelphia.
"High School" [1969], dir. Frederick Wiseman, 85m. Northeast High School in 1968.
"Philadelphia" [1997], dir. Jonathan Demme, 125m. In video stores.
"Rocky" [1976], dir. John Avildsen, 119m. In video stores. Boxer gets a shot at glory.
"The Thin Blue Lie" [2000], dir. Daniel Helfgot, 96m. In video stores. Police corruption.