Sewing Girl's Tale: A Story of Crime and Consequences in Revolutionary America

Title: Sewing Girl's Tale: A Story of Crime and Consequences in Revolutionary America Author: John Wood Sweet ISBN: 9781250871480 Publisher: Holt Paperbacks Published: 2023 Binding: Paperback Language: English Condition: New New from the publisher American History 1559497 Publisher Description: New York Times Editors' ChoiceWinner of the Bancroft PrizeWinner of the Francis Parkman Prize Winner of the Gotham Book PrizeWinner of the New York Society Library's New York City Book AwardJournal of the American Revolution Book of the YearWinner of the David J. Langum, Sr. Prize in American Legal History Winner of the James Bradford Best Biography Prize A riveting Revolutionary Era drama of the first published rape trial in American history and its long, shattering aftermath, revealing how much has changed over two centuries--and how much has not On a moonless night in the summer of 1793 a cr