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Wicked Georgetown : scoundrels, sinners and spies
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- Creator
- Canden Schwantes
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2013
- Physical Details
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- 126 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781626190054, 1626190054
- OCLC
- ocn827261497
- Includes bibliographical references.
- The less scandalous Georgetown : A background -- Secesh spies in a union town -- Eye spy : Secret agents of the Cold War -- Crooked Georgetown : Arrest on C & O Canal -- Murder on the Canal : The stories of John Bruebaker and Mary Meyer -- Scalded by steam : The tragic death of the Spong children -- Scandalous love : The Bodisco marriage -- Forbidden love : The nuns of Georgetown -- Illegal love : Prostitution on the Potomac -- Timely traditions : Stealing the clock hands of Georgetown University's Healy Hall -- The drinks That led to it all : Georgetown taverns -- Always at the wrong place : The curse of Robert Todd Lincoln -- The true-ish story of the exorcism of Roland Doe
Subjects
- Scandals -- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- Anecdotes.
- Corruption -- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- Anecdotes.
- Crime -- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- Anecdotes.
- Georgetown (Washington, D.C.) -- History -- Anecdotes.
- Georgetown (Washington, D.C.) -- Social life and customs -- Anecdotes.
- Georgetown (Washington, D.C.) -- Biography -- Anecdotes.
- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- Anecdotes.
- Washington (D.C.) -- Social life and customs -- Anecdotes.
- Washington (D.C.) -- Biography -- Anecdotes.