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Author Sweet, John Wood, 1966- author.

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

Publication Info. New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2022.
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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  345.73 SWEET    Check Shelf
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  364.1532 SWEET    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield at the Atrium  345.73 SWE    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  364.1532 SWEET    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  345.7302 SWEET    Check Shelf
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Adult Department  345.73 SWEET, JOHN WOOD    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  345.7302 SWE    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  345.7302 SWEET    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  345.7302 SWEET    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Whiton Branch - Non Fiction  345.73 SWEET    Check Shelf

Edition First edition.
Description 365 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [287]-347) and index.
Contents Prologue -- Rescue -- Mother Carey -- Daylight -- The rake -- The pilot -- Gatekeepers -- The Prosecutrix -- Closing arguments -- Outrage -- Seduction -- Recovery -- Epilogue.
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.
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
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.
HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
LAW / Legal History.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies.
Bedlow, Henry, 1767-1838. (OCoLC)fst00141870
Sawyer, Lanah, approximately 1776- (OCoLC)fst01846110
Rape -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst01089987
Trials. (OCoLC)fst01156290
Trials (Rape) (OCoLC)fst01156393
New York (State) -- New York. (OCoLC)fst01204333
Chronological Term 1700-1799
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
True crime stories. (OCoLC)fst01919985
True crime stories.
Other Form: Online version: Sweet, John Wood, 1966- Sewing girl's tale First edition. New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2022 9781250761972 (DLC) 2021060807
ISBN 9781250761965 (hardcover)
1250761964 (hardcover)
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