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Love on Trial

An American Scandal in Black and White

Earl Lewis author Heidi Ardizzone author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:WW Norton & Co

Published:6th Aug '02

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A modern Cinderella must defend her fairy-tale marriage in a scandal that rocked jazz-age America. When Alice Jones, a former domestic, married Leonard Rhinelander in 1924, she became the first black woman to be listed in the Social Register as a member of one of New York's wealthiest families. Once news of the marriage became public, a scandal of race, class, and sex gripped the nation—and forced the couple into an annulment trial.

"Compellingly probes an enduring American dilemma." -- Bliss Broyard - Washington Post
"A compelling read…More than a story of love gone wrong, this book concerns the prickly nature of racial identity, how it is defined, and what it means to be black or white—or both—here." -- Boston Globe
"A great story…Earl Lewis and Heidi Ardizzone tell it very well, retaining much of the drama that riveted the American public [almost a century] ago." -- Ann Fabian - Chicago Tribune

ISBN: 9780393323092

Dimensions: 211mm x 140mm x 20mm

Weight: 364g

316 pages