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Alcott, Kate.

The daring ladies of Lowell - First edition. - 287 pages

Moving to the mill city of Lowell in 1832 to escape farm life, young Alice is disillusioned by the local factory's harsh working conditions and struggles to advocate on their behalf while recklessly falling in love with the mill owner's son, a situation that is complicated by a murder and sensational trial.

ISBN: 9780385536493 (alk. paper) 0385536496 (alk. paper)

LCCN: 2013010093

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Young women--Fiction.
Friendship--Fiction.
Sexual attraction--Fiction.
Textile workers--Massachusetts--Lowell--Fiction.
Trials (Murder)--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Lowell (Mass.)--History--19th century--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Historical fiction.

LC Class. No.: PR6101.L426 / D37 2013

Dewey Class. No.: 823/.92