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020 $a0807126985 (cloth : alk. paper)
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050 00 $aKF759.C57$bA43 2001
082 00 $a346.7305/2/0269$221
100 1 $aAlexander, Elizabeth Urban,$d1947-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr00030093
245 10 $aNotorious woman :$bthe celebrated case of Myra Clark Gaines /$cElizabeth Urban Alexander.
260 $aBaton Rouge :$bLouisiana State University Press,$c[2001], ©2001.
300 $axiv, 301 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aSouthern biography series
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [245]-284) and index.
520 1 $a"The Legal Crusade of Myra Clark Gaines (1804?-1885) has all the trappings of classic melodrama - a lost heir, a missing will, an illicit relationship, a questionable marriage, a bigamous husband, and a murder. For a half century the daughter of New Orleans millionaire Daniel Clark struggled to justify her claim to his enormous fortune in a case that captivated the nineteenth-century public, providing fodder for gossips, sensational headlines for newspapers, and employment for generations of lawyers.
520 8 $aElizabeth Urban Alexander taps voluminous court records and letters never before utilized by historians to unravel the twists and turns of Gaines's litigation and reveal the truth behind the mysterious saga of this notorious woman.".
520 8 $a"The Great Gaines Case wound its tortuous path through the United States legal system from 1834 until 1891, pursued even after Gaines's death by lawyers trying to recoup fees. It was considered by the U.S. Supreme Court seventeen times. By courageously bringing her case to the courtroom and doggedly keeping it there, Alexander asserts, Gaines helped instigate a new type of family law that provided special protection of women, children, and marriages.
520 8 $aHer lawyers skillfully wove together the strands of this emerging domestic relations law and the popularity of nineteenth-century sentimental fiction to fabricate a true-life romance, manipulating both the courtroom and public opinion with common stereotypes.".
520 8 $a"Though Gaines never recovered more than a tiny fraction of the rumored millions, this riveting chronicle of her struggle for legitimacy and legacy is a gold mine for anyone interested in legal history, women's studies, or a good yarn superbly spun."--BOOK JACKET.
600 10 $aClark, Daniel,$cJr.,$d1766-1813$xWill.
600 10 $aGaines, Myra Clark,$d1805-1885$vTrials, litigation, etc.
830 0 $aSouthern biography series.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n42022950
852 00 $bbar,stor$hKF759.C57$iA43 2001
852 00 $boff,glx$hKF759.C57$iA43 2001