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The sewing girl's tale : a story of crime and consequences in Revolutionary America Cover Image Book Book

The sewing girl's tale : a story of crime and consequences in Revolutionary America

Sweet, John Wood 1966- (author.).

Summary: "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"--

Item details

  • ISBN: 9781250761965
  • ISBN: 1250761964
  • ISBN: 9781250761972
  • Physical Description: print
    365 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2022
  • Badges:
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Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-347) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Prologue -- Rescue -- Mother Carey -- Daylight -- The rake -- The pilot -- Gatekeepers -- The prosecutrix -- Closing arguments -- Outrage -- Seduction -- Recovery -- Epilogue.

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