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Detective in the White City: The Real Story of Frank Geyer

Book by J.D. Crighton · 4 quotes · 19th Century America, Investigation, Philadelphia

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“The short, but powerful police officer left a saloon and went straight for the police station, set out to do exactly what he planned even if no one believed a drunk like him.”

Drunk Law Enforcement Police Officer Philadelphia 19th Century America Workplace Shooting

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“While Geyer was on the German steamship to Rio de Janeiro, his co-workers struggled to cope with intense emotions. The day after forty-five miners died in the Roslyn, Washington, explosion, Philadelphia suffered a tragedy of their own—one that would rock City Hall and its police force to its core.”

Tragedy Police Law Enforcement Emotional Pain Philadelphia City Hall 19th Century America

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“While United States sent troops to war, bitter racial tensions erupted into an all-out race riot in South Philadelphia. And unbeknownst to a petite, young, professional woman—she was the cause.”

Philadelphia Racial Tension 19th Century America Bitterness And Hatred Race Riot

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“. . . the two families were about to be impacted in a major way as Philadelphia and the rest of the world were slammed with a pandemic so catastrophic that it killed more people than World War I.”

World War I Pandemic Philadelphia Influenza 19th Century America Spanish Flu Spanish Influenza

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