DATE CHANGED: BOOK CLUB MEETING WILL NOW BE ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, AT 7 PM. 

The Association of Philadelphia Tour Guides (APT) will hold its next book club meeting on Wednesday, September 18, at 7 pm. All are welcome to attend. (This is a change from the usual third Tuesday due to an event scheduling conflict.)

September’s book selection is An American Aristocracy: Southern Planters in Antebellum Philadelphia by Daniel Kilbride. In An American Aristocracy, Kilbride traces the travels of southern planters throughout the North during the decades prior to 1860, noting that they were drawn particularly to Philadelphia because of its proximity to the South and a perception of the city as being untainted by the larger radicalism of the North. In addition Philadelphia possessed tangible attractions for southerners: well-regarded schools, prestigious intellectual societies, historical landmarks, and fashionable shopping districts. In the city’s parlors, ballrooms, and classrooms, privileged Americans from the North and South forged themselves into a republican aristocracy that ignored the Mason-Dixon line. This read is full of surprises and great insights! The meeting will be on Zoom.

APT members will find Zoom details in the newsletter the week of the meeting. Non-APT members who would like to participate in the September book club should email APT Secretary Pam Covey at secretary@phillyguides.org to receive the Zoom link the day of the meeting.  Please join us!