Free Love: The Story of a Great American Scandal

Robert Shaplen

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Publisher

McNally Editions

Date

April 16, 2024

History
Non-Fiction

A wry account of one of the most sensational trials in American history.

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Rave Dan Piepenbring,
Harper\'s

It’s fun to view this much older affair through the lens of Shaplen’s durable midcentury elegance—looking back in time twice.

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Rave Kirkus

Shaplen delves intriguingly into the era of a swiftly changing, new-money, reform-minded New York City ... An utterly engaging historical excavation of a passion play both farcical and resounding.

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Positive Publishers Weekly

Shaplen’s eye for detail creates a vision of sweaty, prurient absurdity in postbellum America. This enthralls.

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