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

American Eve: Evelyn Nesbit, Stanford White, the Birth of the "It" Girl and the Crime of the Century - Paperback

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American Eve: Evelyn Nesbit, Stanford White, the Birth of the "It" Girl and the Crime of the Century
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American Eve: Evelyn Nesbit, Stanford White, the Birth of the "It" Girl and the Crime of the Century - Paperback

American Eve: Evelyn Nesbit, Stanford White, the Birth of the "It" Girl and the Crime of the Century - Paperback

by 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 Century" and a scandal that signaled the beginning of a national obsession with youth, beauty, celebrity, and sex.
ISBN9781594483691
Author Paula Uruburu
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
GenreBiography
FormatPaperback
PublishedApril 2009
LanguageENG- English
Pages400
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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

American Eve: Evelyn Nesbit, Stanford White, the Birth of the "It" Girl and the Crime of the Century - Paperback

American Eve: Evelyn Nesbit, Stanford White, the Birth of the "It" Girl and the Crime of the Century - Paperback

By Paula Uruburu

About Paula Uruburu

Paula Uruburu is an associate professor of English at Hofstra University. An expert on Evelyn Nesbit and the time period in which sh elived, Uruburu has been widely published and has appeared on A&E's Biography and PBS's History Detectives and American Experience, as well as been a consultant for the History Channel.

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