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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 : : a sex scandal of the Gilded Age, and the "powerless" woman who took on Washington |
| Names | Miller, Patricia. |
| Book Number | DB092964 |
| Title Status | Active |
| Medium | Digital Book |
| Download Link | Downloadable talking book. |
| Annotation | Journalist recounts a late-nineteenth-century scandal in which Madeline Pollard sued Kentucky congressman William Breckinridge for breach of promise after a long affair. Discusses the role of this trial in shifting double standards of sexual morality between men and women. Incorporates transcripts, newspaper accounts, journals, letters, and more. Descriptions of sex. Commercial audiobook. 2018. |
| Narrator | Delaine, Christina. |
| Local Subject | History, United States - HUS |
| History - HST | |
| Adult Book - AD | |
| Adult Non-Fiction - AN | |
| Commercial format - CF | |
| Audience Notes | Female narrator. |
| Contains descriptions of sex. |
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| LC Subject | Scandals - United States - History - 19th century |
| Sex scandals - United States - History - 19th century |
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| Nonfiction |
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| Talking books |
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| Downloadable books |
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| Call Number | 973.80922 ANF |
| Language | English |
| Released | 2018 |
| Publication Info | Washington, D.C. : National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, 2018 |
| Original Publication | Reissue of: New York : Macmillan, 2018. 9781527294333 |