Philadelphia Story: Our Guide to ALA's Midwinter Meeting
In his famous dig at Philadelphia, W. C. Fields said he'd prefer a grave to spending even one more minute in the city of his birth. Certainly, by the 1960s, , that was a sentiment shared by many—even some of the city's longtime boosters—who bemoaned Philly's shrinking industrial base, slow-moving pace, and soaring murder rate.

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