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Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
365 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
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...
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