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Step into the perfumed parlors of the Everleigh Club, the most

famous brothel in American history–and the catalyst for a culture

war that rocked the nation. Operating in Chicago’s notorious Levee

district at the dawn of the last century, the Club’s proprietors,

two aristocratic sisters named Minna and Ada Everleigh, welcomed

moguls and actors, senators and athletes, foreign dignitaries and

literary icons, into their stately double mansion, where thirty

stunning Everleigh “butterflies” awaited their arrival. Courtesans

named Doll, Suzy Poon Tang, and Brick Top devoured raw meat to the

delight of Prince Henry of Prussia and recited poetry for Theodore

Dreiser. Whereas lesser madams pocketed most of a harlot’s earnings

and kept a “whipper” on staff to mete out discipline, the

Everleighs made sure their girls dined on gourmet food, were

examined by an honest physician, and even tutored in the literature

of Balzac.

Not everyone appreciated the sisters’ attempts to elevate the

industry. Rival Levee madams hatched numerous schemes to ruin the

Everleighs, including an attempt to frame them for the death of

department store heir Marshall Field, Jr. But the sisters’ most

daunting foes were the Progressive Era reformers, who sent the

entire country into a frenzy with lurid tales of “white

slavery”——the allegedly rampant practice of kidnapping young girls

and forcing them into brothels. This furor shaped America’s sexual

culture and had repercussions all the way to the White House,

including the formation of the Federal Bureau of

Investigation.

With a cast of characters that includes Jack Johnson, John

Barrymore, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., William Howard Taft, “Hinky

Dink” Kenna, and Al Capone, Sin in the Second City is Karen

Abbott’s colorful, nuanced portrait of the iconic Everleigh

sisters, their world-famous Club, and the perennial clash between

our nation’s hedonistic impulses and Puritanical roots. Culminating

in a dramatic last stand between brothel keepers and crusading

reformers, Sin in the Second City offers a vivid snapshot of

America’s journey from Victorian-era propriety to twentieth-century

modernity.

Visit www.sininthesecondcity.com to learn more!

“Delicious… Abbott describes the Levee’s characters in such detail

that it’s easy to mistake this meticulously researched history for

literary fiction.” —— New York Times Book

Review

“ Described with scrupulous concern for historical

accuracy…an immensely readable book.”

—— Joseph Epstein, The Wall Street Journal

“Assiduously researched… even this book’s minutiae makes for good

storytelling.”

—— Janet Maslin, The New York Times

“Karen Abbott has pioneered sizzle history in this satisfyingly

lurid tale. Change the hemlines, add 100 years, and the book could

be filed under current affairs.” —— USA Today

“A rousingly racy yarn.” –Chicago Tribune

“A colorful history of old Chicago that reads like a novel… a

compelling and eloquent story.” —— The Atlanta

Journal-Constitution

“Gorgeously detailed” —— New York Daily

News

“At last, a history book you can bring to the beach.” —— The

Philadelphia Inquirer

“Once upon a time, Chicago had a world class bordello called The

Everleigh Club. Author Karen Abbott brings the opulent place and

its raunchy era alive in a book that just might become this years

“The Devil In the White City.” —— Chicago Tribune

Sunday Magazine (cover story)

“As Abbott’s delicious and exhaustively researched book makes

vividly clear, the Everleigh Club was the Taj Mahal of bordellos.”

—— Chicago Sun Times

“The book is rich with details about a fast-and-loose Chicago of

the early 20th century… Sin explores this world with gusto,

throwing light on a booming city and exposing its shadows.”

—— Time Out Chicago

“[Abbott’s] research enables the kind of vivid de*ion à la

fellow journalist Erik Larson's The Devil in the White City

that make what could be a dry historic account an intriguing

read."

– Seattle Times

“Abbott tells her story with just the right mix of relish and

restraint, providing a piquant guide to a world of sexuality” ——

The Atlantic

“A rollicking tale from a more vibrant time: history to a ragtime

beat.”

– Kirkus Reviews

“With gleaming prose and authoritative knowledge Abbott elucidates

one of the most colorful periods in American history, and the

result reads like the very best fiction. Sex, opulence, murder —

What's not to love?”

—— Sara Gruen, author of Water for Elephants

“A detailed and intimate portrait of the Ritz of brothels, the

famed Everleigh Club of turn-of-the-century Chicago. Sisters Minna

and Ada attracted the elites of the world to such glamorous

chambers as the Room of 1,000 Mirrors, complete with a reflective

floor. And isn’t Minna’s advice to her resident prostitutes worthy

advice for us all: “Give, but give interestingly and with

mystery.”’

—— Erik Larson, author of The Devil in the White

City

“Karen Abbott has combined bodice-ripping

salaciousness with top-notch scholarship to produce a work more

vivid than a Hollywood movie.”

—— Melissa Fay Greene, author of There is No Me Without

You

“Sin in the Second Cityis a masterful

history lesson, a harrowingbiography, and - best of all - a

superfun read. The Everleigh story closely follows the turns of

American history like a little sister. I can't recommend this

bookloudly enough.”

—— Darin Strauss, author of Chang and Eng

“This is a story of debauchery and corruption, but it is also a

story of sisterhood, and unerring devotion. Meticulously

researched, and beautifully crafted, Sin in the Second City

is an utterly captivating piece of history.”

—— Julian Rubinstein, author of Ballad of the Whiskey

Robber

Author's Note: The Girls Who Disappeared

Cast of Characters

Prologue: Angels of the Line

PART ONE  THE  SCARLET  SISTERS 

EVERLE/GH

Striped Skunk and Wild Onions

Another Uncle Tom's Cabin

Getting Evedeighed

The Demon of Lust Lies in Wait

Lovely Little Lies

The Stories Everyone Knew

Lords and Ladies of the Levee

Great in Religion, Great in Sin

Knowing Your Balzac

Invocation

Millionaire Playboy Shot--Accident or

Murder?                        

PART TWO FLESH AND  BONE,  BODT AND  SOUL

Midnight Toil and Peril

Ultra DEcolletE and Other Evils

……

PART THREE　FIGHTING  FOR  THE  79ROTECTIO.N 

OF  OUR  GIRLS

Acknowledgments

Notes and Sources

Bibliography

Index

Illustration and Photograph Credits

A Reader's Guide

Karen Abbott worked as a journalist on the staffs of

Philadelphia magazine and Philadelphia Weekly, and

has written for Salon.com and other publications. A native of

Philadelphia, she now lives with her husband in Atlanta, where

she’s at work on her next book. Visit her online at

www.sininthesecondcity.com.

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“Delicious… Abbott describes the Levee’s characters in such

detail that it’s easy to mistake this meticulously researched

history for literary fiction.” —— New York Times Book

Review

“ Described with scrupulous concern for historical

accuracy…an immensely readable book.”

—— Joseph Epstein, The Wall Street Journal

“Assiduously researched… even this book’s minutiae makes for good

storytelling.”

—— Janet Maslin, The New York Times

“Karen Abbott has pioneered sizzle history in this satisfyingly

lurid tale. Change the hemlines, add 100 years, and the book could

be filed under current affairs.” —— USA Today

“A rousingly racy yarn.” –Chicago Tribune

“A colorful history of old Chicago that reads like a novel… a

compelling and eloquent story.” —— The Atlanta

Journal-Constitution

“Gorgeously detailed” —— New York Daily

News

“At last, a history book you can bring to the beach.” —— The

Philadelphia Inquirer

“Once upon a time, Chicago had a world class bordello called The

Everleigh Club. Author Karen Abbott brings the opulent place and

its raunchy era alive in a book that just might become this years

“The Devil In the White City.” —— Chicago Tribune

Sunday Magazine (cover story)

“As Abbott’s delicious and exhaustively researched book makes

vividly clear, the Everleigh Club was the Taj Mahal of bordellos.”

—— Chicago Sun Times

“The book is rich with details about a fast-and-loose Chicago of

the early 20th century… Sin explores this world with gusto,

throwing light on a booming city and exposing its shadows.”

—— Time Out Chicago

“[Abbott’s] research enables the kind of vivid de*ion à la

fellow journalist Erik Larson's The Devil in the White City

that make what could be a dry historic account an intriguing

read."

– Seattle Times

“Abbott tells her story with just the right mix of relish and

restraint, providing a piquant guide to a world of sexuality” ——

The Atlantic

“A rollicking tale from a more vibrant time: history to a ragtime

beat.”

– Kirkus Reviews

书籍介绍

Step into the perfumed parlors of the Everleigh Club, the most famous brothel in American history–and the catalyst for a culture war that rocked the nation. Operating in Chicago’s notorious Levee district at the dawn of the last century, the Club’s proprietors, two aristocratic sisters named Minna and Ada Everleigh, welcomed moguls and actors, senators and athletes, foreign dignitaries and literary icons, into their stately double mansion, where thirty stunning Everleigh “butterflies” awaited their arrival. Courtesans named Doll, Suzy Poon Tang, and Brick Top devoured raw meat to the delight of Prince Henry of Prussia and recited poetry for Theodore Dreiser. Whereas lesser madams pocketed most of a harlot’s earnings and kept a “whipper” on staff to mete out discipline, the Everleighs made sure their girls dined on gourmet food, were examined by an honest physician, and even tutored in the literature of Balzac.

Not everyone appreciated the sisters’ attempts to elevate the industry. Rival Levee madams hatched numerous schemes to ruin the Everleighs, including an attempt to frame them for the death of department store heir Marshall Field, Jr. But the sisters’ most daunting foes were the Progressive Era reformers, who sent the entire country into a frenzy with lurid tales of “white slavery”——the allegedly rampant practice of kidnapping young girls and forcing them into brothels. This furor shaped America’s sexual culture and had repercussions all the way to the White House, including the formation of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

With a cast of characters that includes Jack Johnson, John Barrymore, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., William Howard Taft, “Hinky Dink” Kenna, and Al Capone, Sin in the Second City is Karen Abbott’s colorful, nuanced portrait of the iconic Everleigh sisters, their world-famous Club, and the perennial clash between our nation’s hedonistic impulses and Puritanical roots. Culminating in a dramatic last stand between brothel keepers and crusading reformers, Sin in the Second City offers a vivid snapshot of America’s journey from Victorian-era propriety to twentieth-century modernity.

Visit www.sininthesecondcity.com to learn more!

“Delicious… Abbott describes the Levee’s characters in such detail that it’s easy to mistake this meticulously researched history for literary fiction.” —— New York Times Book Review

“ Described with scrupulous concern for historical accuracy…an immensely readable book.”

—— Joseph Epstein, The Wall Street Journal

“Assiduously researched… even this book’s minutiae makes for good storytelling.”

—— Janet Maslin, The New York Times

“Karen Abbott has pioneered sizzle history in this satisfyingly lurid tale. Change the hemlines, add 100 years, and the book could be filed under current affairs.” —— USA Today

“A rousingly racy yarn.” – Chicago Tribune

“A colorful history of old Chicago that reads like a novel… a compelling and eloquent story.” —— The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

“Gorgeously detailed ” —— New York Daily News

“At last, a history book you can bring to the beach.” —— The Philadelphia Inquirer

“Once upon a time, Chicago had a world class bordello called The Everleigh Club. Author Karen Abbott brings the opulent place and its raunchy era alive in a book that just might become this years “ The Devil In the White City .” —— Chicago Tribune Sunday Magazine (cover story)

“As Abbott’s delicious and exhaustively researched book makes vividly clear, the Everleigh Club was the Taj Mahal of bordellos.” —— Chicago Sun Times

“The book is rich with details about a fast-and-loose Chicago of the early 20th century… Sin explores this world with gusto, throwing light on a booming city and exposing its shadows.”

—— Time Out Chicago

“[Abbott’s] research enables the kind of vivid description à la fellow journalist Erik Larson's The Devil in the White City that make what could be a dry historic account an intriguing read."

– Seattle Times

“Abbott tells her story with just the right mix of relish and restraint, providing a piquant guide to a world of sexuality” —— The Atlantic

“A rollicking tale from a more vibrant time: history to a ragtime beat.”

– Kirkus Reviews

“With gleaming prose and authoritative knowledge Abbott elucidates one of the most colorful periods in American history, and the result reads like the very best fiction. Sex, opulence, murder — What's not to love?”

—— Sara Gruen, author of Water for Elephants

“A detailed and intimate portrait of the Ritz of brothels, the famed Everleigh Club of turn-of-the-century Chicago. Sisters Minna and Ada attracted the elites of the world to such glamorous chambers as the Room of 1,000 Mirrors, complete with a reflective floor. And isn’t Minna’s advice to her resident prostitutes worthy advice for us all: “Give, but give interestingly and with mystery.”’

—— Erik Larson, author of The Devil in the White City

“Karen Abbott has combined bodice-ripping salaciousness with top-notch scholarship to produce a work more vivid than a Hollywood movie.”

—— Melissa Fay Greene, author of There is No Me Without You

“ Sin in the Second Cit yis a masterful history lesson, a harrowingbiography, and - best of all - a superfun read. The Everleigh story closely follows the turns of American history like a little sister. I can't recommend this bookloudly enough.”

—— Darin Strauss, author of Chang and Eng

“This is a story of debauchery and corruption, but it is also a story of sisterhood, and unerring devotion. Meticulously researched, and beautifully crafted, Sin in the Second City is an utterly captivating piece of history.”

—— Julian Rubinstein, author of Ballad of the Whiskey Robber