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Philadelphia streets were never silent. Gang wars on corners, screeching cars on avenues, and squealing steel trolley tires on tracks kept you alert for the next confrontation. The playgrounds were sometimes silent. These were sanctuaries where you confronted your deepest memories; places packed with people, but were virtually empty on late summer mid-days. Streets that were made habitable again by the actions of a few good men.

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Julius Thompson s trilogy culminated with Ghost of Atlanta winning the 2011 Readers Favorite National Gold Medal Award in General Fiction. The novels that make up the trilogy are A Brownstone in Brooklyn, Philly Style and Philly Profile and the award winning Ghost of Atlanta. Purple Phantoms is Mr.Thompson s first novel outside the trilogy.

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