The trials of a scold, the incredible true story of writer Anne Royall, Jeff Biggers
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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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- Biographies
- Biography
- Travel writers
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women
- Royall, Anne Newport, 1769-1854
- United States
- Women journalists
- Women travelers
- Women travelers -- United States -- Biography
- Women journalists -- United States -- Biography
- Travel writers -- United States -- Biography
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Editors, Journalists, Publishers
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- Biographies
- Biography
- Travel writers
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women
- Royall, Anne Newport, 1769-1854
- United States
- Women journalists
- Women travelers
- Women travelers -- United States -- Biography
- Women journalists -- United States -- Biography
- Travel writers -- United States -- Biography
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