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George Lippard (1822–1854)
Lippard, George. An American story-writer; born at Yellow Springs, PA, April 10, 1822; died at Philadelphia, Feb. 9, 1854. His most notorious work was ‘The Quaker City’ (1845), modeled on Sue’s ‘Mysteries of Paris,’ and implying that Philadelphia was a modern Sodom, though he disclaimed the inference when threatened with legal consequences. ‘Mysteries and Miseries of Philadelphia’ and ‘The Empire City: New York—Its Upper Ten and Lower Million’ were companion pieces. He wrote also ‘Paul Ardenheim,’ a Rosicrucian romance; ‘Legends of Mexico’ and ‘Legends of the Revolution’ (1847); ‘Washington and his Generals’; and others.