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

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

Paula Uruburu

386 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction biography history true crime mysterious slow-paced

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The scandalous story of America's first supermodel, sex goddess, and modern celebrity, Evelyn Nesbit, the temptress at the center of Stanford White's famous murder, whose iconic life story reflected all the paradoxes of America's Gilded Age Known ...

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informative 85%
dark 71%
sad 71%
challenging 28%
emotional 28%
mysterious 28%
reflective 28%
tense 28%

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medium 42%

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