event
The Alley Book Club: THE "LOWER SORT" by Billy G. Smith
Sat, Aug 15 · 4:30pm–6:00pm
Center City East·indoor·Free
Engage in meaningful conversations while inspiring young minds!
At a glance
- Price
- Free
- Ages
- All ages
- Location
- Center City East
- Setting
- indoor
- Signup
- Just show up
What to know
- •Free community event for all ages
- •Historic location in Elfreth's Alley
- •Encourages family discussions about history
More details
This book recreates the daily lives of laboring men and women in America's premier urban center during the second half of the eighteenth century
Billy G. Smith demonstrates how the 'lower sort' (as they were called by their contemporaries) struggled to carve out meaningful lives during an era of vast change stretching from the Seven Years' War, through the turbulent events surrounding the American Revolution and the U.S. Constitution, into the first decade of the new nation.
