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The girl on the velvet swing : sex, murder, and madness at the dawn of the twentieth century / Simon Baatz.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Mulholland Books, Little, Brown and Company, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Edition: First editionDescription: 392 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780316396653
  • 0316396656
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 364.152/3097471 23
LOC classification:
  • HV6534.N5 B33 2018
Contents:
First encounter -- Rape -- Marriage -- Murder -- First trial -- Second trial -- Asylum -- Escape -- Final verdict -- Epilogue.
Summary: A chronicle of the events surrounding the 1906 murder trial of millionaire Harry Thaw details the victimization of teen actress Evelyn Nesbit and Thaw's vengeance-fueled, public murder of legendary architect Stanford White.
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BOOK Meaford Public Library Non-Fiction Non-fiction 364 .152 Baatz (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 16153
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-380) and index.

First encounter -- Rape -- Marriage -- Murder -- First trial -- Second trial -- Asylum -- Escape -- Final verdict -- Epilogue.

A chronicle of the events surrounding the 1906 murder trial of millionaire Harry Thaw details the victimization of teen actress Evelyn Nesbit and Thaw's vengeance-fueled, public murder of legendary architect Stanford White.

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