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Author Biggers, Jeff, 1963- author.

Title The trials of a scold : the incredible true story of writer Anne Royall / Jeff Biggers.

Publisher New York : Thomas Dunne Bookss, 2017.

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LOCATION CALL NO. STATUS
 Belfast Adult Biography  B ROY    AVAILABLE  
 Ellsworth PL Non-Fiction  973.5092 Big    AVAILABLE  
Edition First edition.
Physical Description 260 pages ; 22 cm
Note Includes bibliographical references.
Summary A portrait of one of America's first female muckrakers, who was convicted in a bizarre 1829 trial as a "common scold," describes the tenacity that earned her the first presidential interview ever granted to a woman.
Subject Royall, Anne Newport, 1769-1854.
Women travelers -- United States -- Biography.
Travel writers -- United States -- Biography.
Women journalists -- United States -- Biography.