Synopsis Biographer/historian Paula Uruburu documents the sordid scandal that made tabloid headlines in 1906, when, in a fit of rage, millionaire Henry K. Thaw shot and killed the famous architect Stanford White, who was dining with a young mistress in a restaurant. The details of three lives were to come out at the trial: Evelyn Nesbit was an underage model and chorus girl who had become famous; her husband, Thaw, was an obsessive sexual sadist; White had a thing for underage girls. Fascinated by the scandalous events, the public followed the trial for weeks; Uruburu provides historical context and a thorough account of Nesbit's rise and fall.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 2009-04-07 | | Edition Description: | Reprint |
| Size | | Length: | 386 pages | | Height: | 8.8 in | | Width: | 5.8 in | | Thickness: | 1.0 in | | Weight: | 12.8 oz |
Publisher's Note Documents the scandal-marked career of the early twentieth-century model and celebrity, covering such topics as her early fame in her mid-teens, her marriage to millionaire Harry K. Thaw, and her infamous relationship with her murdered lover, famed architect Stanford White. Reprint.
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