Love on Trial – An American Scandal in Black & White: An American Scandal in Black and White - Softcover

Ardizzone, Heidi; Lewis, Earl

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0393323099 ISBN 13: 9780393323092

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 2002

Synopsis

When Alice Jones, a former nanny, 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. "A compelling read."-Boston Globe "This is a great story....Earl Lewis and Heidi Ardizzone tell it very well."-Chicago Tribune

About this title

Synopsis:

When Alice Jones, a former nanny, 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 the news of the marriage became public, a scandal of race, class and sex gripped the nation - and forced the couple into an annulment trial. This work tells the story of the scandal retaining the drama of the time, but also concerns itself with the prickly nature of racial identity.

About the Author:

Heidi Ardizzone is assistant professor of American studies at the University of Notre Dame and lives in Niles, Michigan. She is coauthor of Love on Trial: An American Scandal in Black and White. Earl Lewis is dean of graduate studies at the University of Michigan.

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0393323099
• ISBN 13: 9780393323092
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320