The Sewing Girl's Tale: A Story of Crime and Consequences in Revolutionary America (Book Talk)

Renowned historian John Sweet offers 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. Join us as we learn more about the seventeen-year-old seamstress Lanah Sawyer who did what virtually no one in US history had done before: she charged a gentleman with rape.