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Monks, Devils and Quakers
The lurid life and times of George Lippard, Philadelphia's original best-selling author.
by Edward Pettit
In the fall of 1844, a young Philadelphia journalist, George Lippard, began a weekly serial in one of the city's penny newspapers. The story, titled The Quaker City; or, the Monks of Monk Hall, was such a hit that the 10 serial installments were bound together and 48,000 copies sold the following year.

Nonfiction Shorts
Short reviews of recent nonfiction books.
Looking at Space 1026 | Britain's first female-to-male sex change | "Howler monkeys" and Internet dating | The Vatican Conspiracy | New Jack Hustler | Indie Rock saved his life? | Birthing "Casey" | Math poetry | The greatest year in baseball | The Opera encyclopedia.

Fiction Shorts
Short reviews of recent fiction books.
Heart-Shaped Box By Joe Hill | The Post-Birthday World By Lionel Shriver | Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, By Paul Torday | The Color of a Dog Running Away By Richard Gwyn | The Camel Bookmobile By Masha Hamilton By Pam Jenoff | Daddy's Girl By Lisa Scottoline | Mean Martin Manning By Scott Stein