Bibliograph

The trials of a scold, the incredible true story of writer Anne Royall, Jeff Biggers

Type

Label

The trials of a scold, the incredible true story of writer Anne Royall, Jeff Biggers

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

resource.biographical

individual biography

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The trials of a scold

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

992119946

Responsibility statement

Jeff Biggers

Sub title

the incredible true story of writer Anne Royall

Summary

A portrait of one of America's first female muckrakers, who was convicted in a bizarre 1829 trial as a "common scold," describes the tenacity that earned her the first presidential interview ever granted to a woman

Table Of Contents

Her mother's daughter -- Flaying the saucy rogues -- A female of respectability -- The black book -- The last American witch trial -- The huntress in the den of vipers -- The trial of public opinion

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