American Eve Evelyn Nesbit, Stanford White, the Birth of the It Girl and the Crime of the Century

Name: American Eve Evelyn Nesbit, Stanford White, the Birth of the It Girl and the Crime of the Century
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ISBN: 9781594483691

ISBN-10: 1594483698

ISBN-13: 9781594483691

Edition: 2009

Authors: Paula Uruburu

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The scandalous story of America’s first supermodel, sex goddess, and modern celebrity—Evelyn Nesbit. By the time of her sixteenth birthday in 1900, Evelyn Nesbit was known to millions as the most photographed woman of her era, an iconic figure who set the standard for female beauty, and whose innocent sexuality was used to sell everything from chocolates to perfume. Women wanted to be her. Men just wanted her. But when Evelyn’s life of fantasy became all too real and her insanely jealous millionaire husband, Harry K. Thaw, murdered her lover, New York City architect Stanford White, the most famous woman in the world became infamous as she found herself at the center of the “Crime of the…

Book details

List price: $18.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 4/7/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 400
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.20" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

Paula Uruburuis chair of the English Department at Hofstra University. Considered an expert on Evelyn Nesbit and the time period, she has been widely published and has appeared or consulted on A&Es Biography, PBSs History Detectives, and various series for the History Channel.