Dangerous to Know : : Women, Crime, and Notoriety in the Early Republic /

Dangerous to Know : : Women, Crime, and Notoriety in the Early Republic / / Susan Branson.

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In 1823, the History of the Celebrated Mrs. Ann Carson rattled Philadelphia society and became one of the most scandalous, and eagerly read, memoirs of the age. This tale of a woman who tried to rescue her lover from the gallows and attempted to kidnap the governor of Pennsylvania tantalized its aud...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn Press eBook Package American History
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Branson, Susan,
Place / Publishing House:Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2013]
©2008
Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (200 p.) :; 8 illus.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • PREFACE
  • 1. TWO WORKING WOMEN
  • 2. MARRIAGE, MANHOOD, AND MURDER
  • 3. THE "ENRAGED TYGRESS"
  • 4. COURTING NOTORIETY
  • 5. AN UNSUITABLE JOB FORA WOMAN
  • 6. BETRAYAL AND REVENGE
  • AFTERWORD
  • NOTES
  • INDEX
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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