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The Sewing Girl’s Tale: A Story of Crime and Consequences in Revolutionary America
Maybe someday
49
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Readers
23/100Critics
75/100Scholars
Author:
John Wood Sweet
Publisher:
Henry Holt and Co.
Date:
July 19, 2022
A Revolutionary Era drama of the first published rape trial in American history and its long, shattering aftermath, revealing how much has changed over two centuriesâand how much has not.
What The Reviewers Say
... [an] excellent and absorbing work of social and cultural history.
... a probing work of historical nonfiction that exposes the gritty details surrounding the first published account of a rape trial in the United States. Set against the backdrop of a vibrant and burgeoning New York City fresh off the win of the Revolutionary war, Sweet’s narrative combines meticulous research with his extensive historical expertise to recreate a true-crime examination of the sexual duplicity inherent in early American society.
An engrossing, historical, true crime narrative.
... colorful detail.
