| Description |
386 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-386). |
| Summary |
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. |
| Contents |
The garden of the New World -- Siren song -- Beautiful city of smoke -- Poses -- The Little Sphinx in Manhattan -- Florodora -- Benevolent vampire -- Through the looking glass -- At the feet of Diana -- The Barrymore curse -- Enter mad Harry -- The worst mistake of her life -- The "Mistress of Millions" -- Curtains: June 25, 1906 -- Aftershock -- Dementia Americana -- A woman's sacrifice -- America's pet murderer -- The fallen idol. |
| Provenance |
Gift of Dr. James H. Poivan, Professor of History, Emeritus. |
| Subject |
Nesbit, Evelyn, 1884-1967.
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Nesbit, Evelyn, 1884-1967. |
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Models (Persons) -- United States -- Biography.
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Models (Persons) |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Celebrities -- United States -- Biography.
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Celebrities. |
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New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century.
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National Book Committee. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| ISBN |
9781594489938 |
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1594489939 |
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