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02801aam a22005298i 4500 001 6EE1F4D8F3A411E8AE43740197128E48 003 SILO 005 20190328032346 008 180810t20182018nyuaf b 001 0ceng c 010 $a 2018016403 020 $a 0374252661 020 $a 9780374252663 035 $a (OCoLC)1050144218 040 $a LBSOR/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d MLY $d IK2 $d GO4 $d JAO $d MEU $d OCLCA $d IOU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a E664.P75 $b M55 2018 082 00 $a 973.8092/2 $2 23 100 1 $a Miller, Patricia, $d 1964- $e author. 245 10 $a Bringing down the Colonel : $b a sex scandal of the Gilded Age, and the "powerless" woman who took on Washington / $c Patricia Miller. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Sarah Crichton Books, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $c 2018. 300 $a 368 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 546 $a Text in English. 520 $a "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"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a 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. 600 10 $a Pollard, Madeline, $d 1863-1945. 600 10 $a Breckinridge, William Campbell Preston, $d 1837-1904. 650 0 $a Sex scandals $z United States $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Scandals $z United States $x History $y 19th century. 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 lcgft 941 $a 12 952 $l DFPC353 $d 20240430020828.0 952 $l GOPG641 $d 20240409032348.0 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20231012031114.0 952 $l SIPD314 $d 20230201012451.0 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20200529015114.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191217025445.0 952 $l RZPE145 $d 20190528010129.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20190202013236.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20190124010723.0 952 $l CDPF771 $d 20181206010236.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20181204011810.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20181129010156.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=6EE1F4D8F3A411E8AE43740197128E48 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search