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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Main Author: Sweet, John Wood, 1966- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2022.
Edition:First edition.
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