Wicked Georgetown
Subtitle: scoundrels, sinners and spies
By: Canden Schwantes
Publisher: History Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Charleston, SC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 126
ISBN-13: 9781626190054
Subjects: Anecdotes; History; Social life and customs; Biography; Scandals; Corruption; Crime
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-126).
Table of contents: title: The Less Scandalous Georgetown : A Background; title: Secesh Spies in a Union Town; title: Eye Spy : Secret Agents of the Cold War; title: Crooked Georgetown : Arrest on C&O Canal; title: Murder on the Canal : The Stories of John Bruebaker and Mary Meyer; title: Scalded by Steam : The Tragic Death of the Spong Children; title: Scandalous Love : The Bodisco Marriage; title: Forbidden Love : The Nuns of Georgetown; title: Illegal Love : Prostitution on the Potomac; title: Timely Traditions : Stealing the Clock Hands of Georgetown University's Healy Hall; title: The Drinks That Led to It All : Georgetown Taverns; title: Always at the Wrong Place : The Curse of Robert Todd Lincoln; title: The True-ish story of the Exorcism of Roland Doe.