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The Resource Bringing down the Colonel : a sex scandal of the Gilded Age, and the "powerless" woman who took on Washington, Patricia Miller

Bringing down the Colonel : a sex scandal of the Gilded Age, and the "powerless" woman who took on Washington, Patricia Miller

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"The story of the 1890s scandal in which a young woman named Madeline Pollard sued congressman William Campbell Preston Breckenridge for breach of promise. Pollard won the suit, and the mystery of who helped her pay the extravagant legal expenses in order to bring Breckinridge down illuminates a shift in the sexual politics of the Victorian era"--
Language
eng
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Publication
Edition
First edition.
Extent
368 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
Contents
  • Gold to be made
  • A bright and brainy woman
  • A bastard catch'd
  • The left-hand road
  • The Wanton widow
  • Not so easily handled
  • What shall we do with our daughters?
  • For the likes of me
  • The needle, the school room, and the store
  • A house of mercy
  • Miss Pollard's ruin in Lexington
  • Somebody's daughter
  • A man of passion
  • Hindered, not ruined
  • The front parlor and the back gate
  • The cavalier and the puritans
  • Refusing to behave
  • Redemption
Isbn
9780374252663
Instance
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Bringing down the Colonel : a sex scandal of the Gilded Age, and the "powerless" woman who took on Washington
Title
Bringing down the Colonel
Title remainder
a sex scandal of the Gilded Age, and the "powerless" woman who took on Washington
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Patricia Miller
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Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"The story of the 1890s scandal in which a young woman named Madeline Pollard sued congressman William Campbell Preston Breckenridge for breach of promise. Pollard won the suit, and the mystery of who helped her pay the extravagant legal expenses in order to bring Breckinridge down illuminates a shift in the sexual politics of the Victorian era"--
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Biography type
individual biography
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http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1964-
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Miller, Patricia
Dewey number
973.8092/2
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • plates
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Pollard, Madeline
  • Breckinridge, William Campbell Preston
  • Sex scandals
  • Scandals
  • Scandals
  • Sex scandals
  • United States
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Bringing down the Colonel : a sex scandal of the Gilded Age, and the "powerless" woman who took on Washington, Patricia Miller
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Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
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volume
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rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Gold to be made -- A bright and brainy woman -- A bastard catch'd -- The left-hand road -- The Wanton widow -- Not so easily handled -- What shall we do with our daughters? -- For the likes of me -- The needle, the school room, and the store -- A house of mercy -- Miss Pollard's ruin in Lexington -- Somebody's daughter -- A man of passion -- Hindered, not ruined -- The front parlor and the back gate -- The cavalier and the puritans -- Refusing to behave -- Redemption
Control code
on1050144218
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
368 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9780374252663
Lccn
2018016403
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Other physical details
illustrations
Label
Bringing down the Colonel : a sex scandal of the Gilded Age, and the "powerless" woman who took on Washington, Patricia Miller
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Gold to be made -- A bright and brainy woman -- A bastard catch'd -- The left-hand road -- The Wanton widow -- Not so easily handled -- What shall we do with our daughters? -- For the likes of me -- The needle, the school room, and the store -- A house of mercy -- Miss Pollard's ruin in Lexington -- Somebody's daughter -- A man of passion -- Hindered, not ruined -- The front parlor and the back gate -- The cavalier and the puritans -- Refusing to behave -- Redemption
Control code
on1050144218
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
368 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9780374252663
Lccn
2018016403
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Other physical details
illustrations

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