American Eve
by:
Paula Uruburu (author)
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...
show more
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.
show less
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781594483691 (1594483698)
Publish date: April 7th 2009
Publisher: Riverhead Trade
Pages no: 400
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Biography,
History,
Book Club,
Mystery,
American History,
Crime,
Biography Memoir,
New York,
True Crime,
Womens
http://www.bostonbibliophile.com/2009/07/review-american-eve-by-paula-uruburu.html
Evelyn wrote, "I know of no more interesting subject to the average man than himself... All men lie when speaking of themselves, and however good or pious they may be, the exaggerate their own qualities."
Whatsherface married whatshisface, and they get their own television speical this fall. Neither one seems to have done anything to earn the fame or the reality show. But hey, at least whatsherface is better looking than Paris Hilton.Society obessess about celebrities, even when they have done noth...
A biography of Evelyn Nesbit, the beauty who became the symbol of the Gilded Age. Often 'beauties of the age' don't stand the test of time, but Evelyn is just as beautiful now as she was considered to be back in 1901. At 16, Evelyn became one of the first 'super models'. At 21, Evelyn became the cen...