American Eve: Evelyn Nesbit, Stanford White, the Birth of the

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

The scandalous story of Americaâ€™s first supermodel, sex goddess, and modern celebrityâ€”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 Evelynâ€™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 â€œCrime of the Centuryâ€ and a scandal that signaled the beginning of a national obsession with youth, beauty, celebrity, and sex.
Country USA
Brand Riverhead Books
Manufacturer Penguin Publishing Group
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9781594483691
Color White
ReleaseDate 2009-04-07
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9781594483691

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