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04084aam a2200481 i 4500 001 3B030362DABE11EEBE8532184BECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240305010131 008 230519t20242024nyua b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 039353152X 020 $a 9780393531527 035 $a (OCoLC)1379265265 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d OCLCO $d LMJ $d Y$5 $d OCP $d OCLCO $d YDX $d SILO 043 $a n-us-ny 100 1 $a Weisberg, Barbara, $e author. 245 10 $a Strong Passions : $b A Scandalous Divorce in Old New York / $c Barbara Weisberg. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b W.W. Norton & Company, $c [2024] 300 $a xiv, 320 pages : $b black and white illustration ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a A perfect union -- Dissolution -- Attack -- Counterattack -- Endings, beginnings. 520 $a Shocking revelations of a wife's adultery explode in an incendiary nineteenth-century trial, exposing upper-crust New York society and its secrets. 520 $a "Shocking revelations of a wife's adultery explode in an incendiary nineteenth-century trial, exposing upper-crust New York society and its secrets. What could possibly go wrong in a wealthy matriarch's country home when her dilettante son, his restless wife, and his widowed brother live there together? Strong Passions, rooted in the beguiling times of Edith Wharton's 'old New York,' recounts the true story of a tumultuous marriage. In 1862, Mary Strong stunned her husband, Peter, by confessing to a two-year affair with his brother. Peter sued Mary for divorce for adultery--the only grounds in New York--but not before she accused him of forcing her into an abortion and having his own affair with the abortionist. She then kidnapped their young daughter and disappeared. The divorce trial Strong v. Strong riveted the nation during the final throes and aftermath of the Civil War, offering a shocking glimpse into the private world of New York's powerful and privileged elite. Barbara Weisberg presents the chaotic courtroom and panoply of witnesses--governess, housekeeper, private detective, sisters-in-law, and many others--who provided contradictory and often salacious testimony. She then asks us to be the jury, deciding each spouse's guilt and the possibility of a just resolution. Social history at its most intimate, Strong Passions charts a trial's twists and turns to portray a family and country in turmoil as they faced conflicts over women's changing roles, male custody of children, and men's power--financial and otherwise--over wives."-- $c Amazon website. 600 10 $a Strong, Mary E. $q (Mary Emmeline), $d 1833-1895. 600 10 $a Strong, Peter R. $q (Peter Remsen), $d 1823-1878. 650 0 $a Divorce $z New York $z New York $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Scandals $z New York $z New York $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Trials (Adultery) $z New York $z New York $x History $y 19th century. 650 6 $a Divorce $0 (CaQQLa)201-0378908 $z New York $0 (CaQQLa)201-0468217 $z New York $0 (CaQQLa)201-0468217 $x Histoire $0 (CaQQLa)201-0378908 $y 19e sieÌcle. $0 (CaQQLa)201-0378908 650 6 $a Scandales $0 (CaQQLa)201-0378908 $z New York $0 (CaQQLa)201-0468217 $z New York $0 (CaQQLa)201-0468217 $x Histoire $0 (CaQQLa)201-0378908 $y 19e sieÌcle. $0 (CaQQLa)201-0378908 650 6 $a ProceÌs (AdulteÌre) $0 (CaQQLa)201-0378908 $z New York $0 (CaQQLa)201-0468217 $z New York $0 (CaQQLa)201-0468217 $x Histoire $0 (CaQQLa)201-0378908 $y 19e sieÌcle. $0 (CaQQLa)201-0378908 651 0 $a New York (N.Y.) $x History $y 19th century. 651 6 $a New York (N.Y.) $0 (CaQQLa)201-0373673 $x Histoire $0 (CaQQLa)201-0348077 $y 19e sieÌcle. $0 (CaQQLa)201-0373673 941 $a 7 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20240524011348.0 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20240509011555.0 952 $l GOPG641 $d 20240409045457.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20240402012629.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20240402011904.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20240402010525.0 952 $l CDPF771 $d 20240305011745.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=3B030362DABE11EEBE8532184BECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b C@VInitiate Another SILO Locator Search