Matt Cohen is Associate Professor of English at the University of Texas at Austin and author of The Networked Wilderness: Communicating in Early New England. Edlie L. Wong is Associate Professor of English at the University of Maryland, College Park, and author of Neither Fugitive nor Free: Atlantic Slavery, Freedom Suits, and the Legal Culture of Travel.

• IntroductionNote on the TextThe Killers: A Narrative of Real Life in Philadelphia, by a Member of the Philadelphia BarAppendix 1. Life and Adventures of Charles Anderson ChesterAppendix 2. Introduction to the Serialized Version of The KillersAppendix 3. Related Contemporary DocumentsNotesIndexAcknowledgments

"With its resonant social commentary, The Killers has assumed significance in recent American studies. But this engaging novel stands on its own as a portrait of city life, with special emphasis on the street gangs of Philadelphia's underworld."-David S. Reynolds, CUNY Graduate Center

Matt Cohen is Associate Professor of English at the University of Texas at Austin and author of The Networked Wilderness: Communicating in Early New England. Edlie L. Wong is Associate Professor of English at the University of Maryland, College Park, and author of Neither Fugitive nor Free: Atlantic Slavery, Freedom Suits, and the Legal Culture of Travel.

• IntroductionNote on the TextThe Killers: A Narrative of Real Life in Philadelphia, by a Member of the Philadelphia BarAppendix 1. Life and Adventures of Charles Anderson ChesterAppendix 2. Introduction to the Serialized Version of The KillersAppendix 3. Related Contemporary DocumentsNotesIndexAcknowledgments

"With its resonant social commentary, The Killers has assumed significance in recent American studies. But this engaging novel stands on its own as a portrait of city life, with special emphasis on the street gangs of Philadelphia's underworld."-David S. Reynolds, CUNY Graduate Center

Matt Cohen is Associate Professor of English at the University of Texas at Austin and author of The Networked Wilderness: Communicating in Early New England. Edlie L. Wong is Associate Professor of English at the University of Maryland, College Park, and author of Neither Fugitive nor Free: Atlantic Slavery, Freedom Suits, and the Legal Culture of Travel.

• IntroductionNote on the TextThe Killers: A Narrative of Real Life in Philadelphia, by a Member of the Philadelphia BarAppendix 1. Life and Adventures of Charles Anderson ChesterAppendix 2. Introduction to the Serialized Version of The KillersAppendix 3. Related Contemporary DocumentsNotesIndexAcknowledgments

"With its resonant social commentary, The Killers has assumed significance in recent American studies. But this engaging novel stands on its own as a portrait of city life, with special emphasis on the street gangs of Philadelphia's underworld."-David S. Reynolds, CUNY Graduate Center