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Author Sweet, John Wood, 1966- author.

Title The sewing girl's tale [OverDrive/Libby electronic resource] 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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Description 1 online resource
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Note Electronic book.
Contents Prologue -- Rescue -- Mother Carey -- Daylight -- The rake -- The plot -- Gatekeepers -- 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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. New York Henry Holt and Co. 2022 Available via World Wide Web.
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.
Genre Electronic books.
Added Author OverDrive, Inc., distributor.
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 9781250761972 (electronic bk.)
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