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

The sewing girl's tale : a story of crime and consequences in Revolutionary America / John Wood Sweet.

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"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1250761964
  • ISBN: 9781250761965
  • ISBN: 9781250871480
  • ISBN: 1250871484
  • Physical Description: 365 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York, NY : 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.

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Subject:
Bedlow, Henry, 1767-1838 > Trials, litigation, etc.
Sawyer, Lanah, approximately 1776-
Rape > Social aspects > New York (State) > New York > History > 18th century.
Trials (Rape) > New York (State) > New York > History > 18th century.
Sexual assault.
Genre:
True crime stories.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.

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