Title: Wicked Baltimore : Charm City sin and scandal /
Authors: Silberman, Lauren R.
Publisher: History Press,
Year: 2011
Subjects: Corruption Maryland Baltimore History.; Crime Maryland Baltimore History.; Social problems Maryland Baltimore History.; Social conflict Maryland Baltimore History.; Baltimore (Md.) History
Contents: Foreword / Christopher Scharpf -- Introduction -- Banishing William Goddard -- Napoleon's sister-in-law : the international marriage scandal of Betsy Patterson Bonaparte -- America's oldest operating penitentiary -- The birth of Mobtown -- Nest of pirates -- A terrible trade : the slave pens of Baltimore -- Would Poe have been Poe without Baltimore? -- Plug uglies, bloodtubs and rip raps, oh my! -- The Baltimore plot : Baltimore and the beginning of the Civil War -- "Revolt on the railroads" : the Great Strike of 1877 -- Did she or didn't she? : the case of the "Baltimore Borgia" -- Burking, bodies and Baltimore -- Playing "Winder" : the escape and capture of Ike Winder -- The sordid findings of Baltimore's vice commission -- The block -- The battle over liquid bread : Baltimore and prohibition.