The actor’s reward was food, money, or shelter. The fraudulent practice became widespread, creating as much cynicism as philanthropy. By the late nineteenth century a common definition of the Abraham Man appeared in medical dictionaries.1 According to the official lexicon, Abraham Man was “A ...
How was a mall better than shopping on your main street, with its shuttered shops, drunks and homeless, and beat cops telling you and your friends to “move along” while stern faced civic leaders and shop-keepers glared down their noses at you? Why? Because they were fun. George A. ...