An edition of Bringing down the Colonel
(2018)
Bringing down the Colonel
a sex scandal of the Gilded Age, and the "powerless" woman who took on Washington
First edition.
by 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"--
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Bringing down the Colonel: a sex scandal of the Gilded Age, and the "powerless" woman who took on Washington
2018
in English
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0374252661 9780374252663
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Table of 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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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