Evelyn Nesbit and Stanford White: Love and Death in the Gilded Age

This book has all the information one would need to understand the circumstances that led to the murder of Stanford White. I often wondered as I read this book just how much Evelyn Nesbet ever told the real truth about her and Mr Whites involvement. Although Mr Thaw was crazy about Evelyn, and she made him work for her attentions, and eventually marrying him, I seem to think that she had more to do with Mr Whites demise than what the book trys to lead us to believe. Very well written and informative. Great pictures, although I wished he had added more photos of each character he was writing about. You can't go wrong with this book

I WAS SO HAPPY TO FIND THIS BOOK BEEN LOOKING FOR IT FOR A LONG WHILE FOR STORYS ABOUT EVELYN CAUSE I USED TO AS A TEENAGER GO TO THE HOUSE THAT HER AND HUSBAND LIVED THEN IT WAS A BOARDING PLACES FOR HORSES AND A DINNER I WAS TOLD ABOUT THE STORY MENY TIMES BUT THE BOOK IS GREAT

I tracked down this book and read it, because after seeing Ragtime (musical) I realized I didn't know about Evelyn Nesbit and the "murder of the century." I'm so glad my curiosity led me to this particular book. It tells the story of the three main characters in the famous murder, but also tells the story of the time they lived in. Reading the book gave me a sense of knowing much more clearly a time in our American history. One gets a stong awareness of the free-wheeling expansiveness and frantic growth in New York City at the turn of the Century. It was fun and interesting to encounter three such unique personalities, and see how being placed in that particular historical moment affected their life pathways. Whatever his personal pathology, Stanford White, was an astoundingly energetic, creative, and productive person. And it is amazing how having $40 million enabled wife abuser and murderer Harry Thaw, who seems to have been "crazy as a BetsyBug", to run loose and live as he pleased.