The sewing girl's tale : a story of crime and consequences in revolutionary America
Title:
The sewing girl's tale : a story of crime and consequences in revolutionary America
Author:
Sweet, John Wood, 1966- author.
ISBN:
9781250761965
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Edition:
First edition.
Physical Description:
365 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Format:
Books
Contents:
Prologue -- Rescue -- Mother Carey -- Daylight -- The rake -- The plot -- Gatekeepers -- The prosecutrix -- Closing arguments -- Outrage -- Seduction -- Recovery -- Epilogue.
Abstract:
"A riveting historical drama that tells the story of the first rape trial on record in American history and the fault lines of class privilege and gender bias that it exposed, showing how much has changed over two centuries and how much has not"-- Provided by publisher.
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