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In Philadelphia, Philadelphians feel, the Right Thing is more natural and more firmly bred into [them] than anywhere else.

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I would sum up my fear about the future in one word: boring. And that's my one fear: that everything has happened; nothing exciting or new or interesting is ever going to happen again … the future is just going to be a vast, conforming suburb of the soul.
J. G. Ballard

Stephen Birmingham

Stephen Birmingham

Born: May 28, 1932
Died: November 15, 2015 (aged 83)
Bio: Stephen Gardner Birmingham was an American author known for his social histories of wealthy American families, often focusing on ethnicity Jews, African-Americans, Irish, and the Anglo-Dutch. He also wrote several novels, also about wealthy people.
Known for:
  1. Our Crowd (1967)
  2. Real lace (1973)
  3. The grandees (1971)
  4. Life at the Dakota (1979)
  5. Auerbach Will (1983)

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