American Eve : Evelyn Nesbit, Stanford White, the birth of the "It" girl, and the crime of the century
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New York : Riverhead Books, 2008.
Status
Main Library - Adult Non-Fiction
974.7 U825a
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974.7 U825a
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Published
New York : Riverhead Books, 2008.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
386 pages : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [375]-386)
Description
Famous by her sixteenth birthday in 1900, Gibson Girl Evelyn Nesbit was the most photographed woman of her era, an iconic figure who set the standard for female beauty. Women wanted to be her. Men wanted her. When her jealous millionaire husband, Harry K. Thaw, killed her lover--celebrity architect Stanford White, builder of the Washington Square Arch and much of New York City--she found herself at the center of the "crime of the century" and the scandal that marked the beginning of a national obsession with youth, beauty, celebrity, and sex. The story of Evelyn Nesbit is one of glamour, money, romance, madness, and murder, and Paula Uruburu weaves all of these elements into an elegant narrative that reads like the best fiction--only it's all true, a picture of America as it crossed from the Victorian era into the modern.--From publisher description.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Uruburu, P. M. (2008). American Eve: Evelyn Nesbit, Stanford White, the birth of the "It" girl, and the crime of the century . Riverhead Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Uruburu, Paula M., 1957-. 2008. American Eve: Evelyn Nesbit, Stanford White, the Birth of the "It" Girl, and the Crime of the Century. Riverhead Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Uruburu, Paula M., 1957-. American Eve: Evelyn Nesbit, Stanford White, the Birth of the "It" Girl, and the Crime of the Century Riverhead Books, 2008.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Uruburu, Paula M. American Eve: Evelyn Nesbit, Stanford White, the Birth of the "It" Girl, and the Crime of the Century Riverhead Books, 2008.
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