Just for fun, I thought I'd do a quick peek-a-loo for prostitution scandals in the august files of the Albany Chronicles.
A word search revealed no matches for:
"brothel"
"prostitute"
"ill repute"
"whore"
"illegitimate"
"indiscretion"
"rape"
"bastard"
Nor any other similar words.
Interestingly, separate searches for "blood," "murder," "violent," "gun," and "mob" revealed many hits.
There are two possible conclusions to draw: either Albany has historically conducted itself as a paragon of sexual propriety or else this book is a better microcosm of America - and its puritanical double standards regarding depictions of sex & violence - than I thought.
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