American Eve: Evelyn Nesbit, Stanford White, the Birth of the "It" Girl, and the Crime of the Century
by Uruburu, Paula
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very good. Light wear. Clean. unmarked. Near fine.
- ISBN 10
- 160751270X
- ISBN 13
- 9781607512707
- Seller
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Newport, New Hampshire, United States
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Synopsis
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 Century” and a scandal that signaled the beginning of a national obsession with youth, beauty, celebrity, and sex.
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- Bookseller
- Hedgehog's Whimsey Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Alibris.TC0020005466
- Title
- American Eve: Evelyn Nesbit, Stanford White, the Birth of the "It" Girl, and the Crime of the Century
- Author
- Uruburu, Paula
- Format/Binding
- Trade paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good. Light wear. Clean. unmarked. Near fine.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition. 1st, this edition, no print line.
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 160751270X
- ISBN 13
- 9781607512707
- Publisher
- Riverhead Books / Penguin.
- Place of Publication
- New York.
- Date Published
- 2008
- Keywords
- Gilded Age, early 20th century America|New York City|Architect Stanford White|Love triangle, murder
- Bookseller catalogs
- True Crime;
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