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Author Miller, Patricia, 1964- author.

Title Bringing down the Colonel : a sex scandal of the Gilded Age, and the "powerless" woman who took on Washington / Patricia Miller.

Publication Info. New York : Sarah Crichton Books, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018.

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Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  973.8 MILLER    DUE 05-10-24
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  973.8 MILLER    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  970.8092 MILLER    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  973.8092 MIL    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  973.8092 MIL    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 368 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Summary "The story of the 1890s scandal in which a young woman named Madeline Pollard sued congressman William Campbell Preston Breckenridge for breach of promise. Pollard won the suit, and the mystery of who helped her pay the extravagant legal expenses in order to bring Breckinridge down illuminates a shift in the sexual politics of the Victorian era"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Gold to be made -- A bright and brainy woman -- A bastard catch'd -- The left-hand road -- The Wanton widow -- Not so easily handled -- What shall we do with our daughters? -- For the likes of me -- The needle, the school room, and the store -- A house of mercy -- Miss Pollard's ruin in Lexington -- Somebody's daughter -- A man of passion -- Hindered, not ruined -- The front parlor and the back gate -- The cavalier and the puritans -- Refusing to behave -- Redemption.
Subject Pollard, Madeline, approximately 1866-
Breckinridge, William Campbell Preston, 1837-1904.
Sex scandals -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Scandals -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Breckinridge, William Campbell Preston, 1837-1904. (OCoLC)fst00382885
Scandals. (OCoLC)fst01106361
Sex scandals. (OCoLC)fst01742913
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term 1800-1899
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN 9780374252663 (hardcover)
0374252661 (hardcover)
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