The sewing girl's tale a story of crime and consequences in Revolutionary America
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 vindicat...
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2022.
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| 100 | 1 | |a Sweet, John Wood, |d 1966- |e author. | |
| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The sewing girl's tale : |b a story of crime and consequences in Revolutionary America / |c John Wood Sweet. |
| 250 | |a First edition. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a New York : |b Henry Holt and Company, |c 2022. | |
| 264 | 4 | |c Ã2022 | |
| 300 | |a 365 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : |b illustrations (some color), map ; |c 25 cm. | ||
| 336 | |a text |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
| 336 | |a still image |b sti |2 rdacontent | ||
| 336 | |a cartographic image |b cri |2 rdacontent | ||
| 337 | |a unmediated |b n |2 rdamedia | ||
| 338 | |a volume |b nc |2 rdacarrier | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-347) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Prologue -- Rescue -- Mother Carey -- Daylight -- The rake -- The pilot -- Gatekeepers -- The Prosecutrix -- Closing arguments -- Outrage -- Seduction -- Recovery -- Epilogue. | |
| 520 | |a 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 | ||
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Bedlow, Henry, |d 1767-1838 |x Trials, litigation, etc. |
| 650 | 0 | |a Trials (Rape) |z New York (State) |z New York |x History |y 18th century. | |
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Sawyer, Lanah, |d approximately 1776- |
| 650 | 0 | |a Rape |x Social aspects |z New York (State) |z New York |x History |y 18th century. | |
| 655 | 7 | |a True crime stories. |2 lcgft | |
| 776 | 0 | 8 | |i Online version: |a Sweet, John Wood, 1966- |t Sewing girl's tale |b First edition. |d New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2022 |z 9781250761972 |w (DLC) 2021060807 |
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