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The sewing girl's tale : a story of crime and consequences in Revolutionary America / John Wood Sweet.
"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.
Summer, 1793. A crime was committed in the back room of a New York brothel-- the kind of crime that even victims usually kept secret. Instead, seventeen-year-old seamstress Lanah Sawyer charged a gentleman with rape. Her accusation sparked a raw courtroom drama and a relentless struggle for vindication that threatened both Lanah's and her assailant's lives. The trial exposed a predatory sexual underworld, sparked riots in the streets, and ignited a vigorous debate about class privilege and sexual double standards. Sweet takes us from a chance encounter in the street, and shows that if our laws and our culture were changed by a persistent young woman and the power of words two hundred years ago, they can be changed again. - adapted from jacket
Record details
- ISBN: 9781250761965
- ISBN: 1250761964
- Physical Description: 365 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2022.
- Copyright: ©2022
Content descriptions
| 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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| Genre: | True crime stories. |
Available copies
- 17 of 19 copies available at SPARK Libraries.
Holds
- 1 current hold with 19 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Abington Community Library | 345.73 SWEET (Text) | 50687011785915 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Altoona Area Public Library | 345.7302 SWE (Text) | 33240004729839 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Cambria County Library | 345.73 S974s (Text) | 85131001833715 | CACM Non-Fiction | Available | - |
| Dillsburg Area Public Library | Adults 345.7 SWE Nonfiction (Text) | 34001001419777 | Adult Area | Available | - |
| Dover Area Community Library | Adults 345.73 SWE Nonfiction (Text) | 34217000894519 | Adult Area | Available | - |
| Emmaus Public Library | 345.73 SWEE (Text) | 36446002070889 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Gettysburg Library | 345.73 SWEET (Text)
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| Indian Valley Public Library | 345.73 Sweet History (Text) | 39427103667184 | Nonfiction Room: Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Mason-Dixon Public Library | Adults 345.73 SWE Nonfiction (Text) | 34262000779252 | Main Room | Available | - |
| Memorial Library of Nazareth and Vicinity | 345.73 SWE 2022 (Text) | 31001101860816 | Adult Non Fiction | Available | - |
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