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Saving Sin City: William Travers Jerome, Stanford White, and the Original Crime of the Century
By Cummings, Mary
- ISBN
- 9781681777467 9781681778068
- Publisher
- Pegasus
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Reviewed on May 1, 2018 | Social Sciences
In June 1906, Harry Thaw, scion of a wealthy Pittsburgh family, shot architect Stanford White in a jealous rage over chorus girl Evelyn Nesbit. The collision of beauty, money, passion, and murder was catnip for the press, who called it the Trial of the Century. This oft-told tale still fascinates, and historian Cummings finds a new way of examining the case and its implications, delving deeply into the life and wo...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
