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

Summary: 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

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  • ISBN: 1250761964
  • ISBN: 9781250761965
  • Physical Description: 365 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 25 cm
    print
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Henry Holt and Company, 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.
Subject: Bedlow, Henry 1767-1838 Trials, litigation, etc
Trials (Rape) New York (State) New York History 18th century
Sawyer, Lanah approximately 1776-
Rape Social aspects New York (State) New York History 18th century
Genre: True crime stories.

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  • 17 of 19 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
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)
Endowment: Joan T. Crapster Named Endowment, 2022
35740635862196 Nonfiction Available -
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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