Labor History in 2:00

February 9 - Remembering George Lippard


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On this day in Labor History the year was 1854. That was the day that novelist George Lippard died in Philadelphia.  Lippard was friends with Edgar Allen Poe.  He is most well-known for his novel about Philadelphia titled Quaker City. The book is considered to be one of the first American muckraking novels.  

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Labor History in 2:00By The Rick Smith Show