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Saving Sin City: William Travers Jerome, Stanford White, and the Original Crime of the Century
Contributor(s): Cummings, Mary (Author)

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ISBN: 1643132555     ISBN-13: 9781643132556
Publisher: Pegasus Books
OUR PRICE: $25.15  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: September 2019
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BISAC Categories:
- True Crime | Murder - General
- Biography & Autobiography | Criminals & Outlaws
Dewey: 364.152
Physical Information: 0.74" H x 6" W x 9" L (1.07 lbs) 336 pages
Features: Illustrated
 
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When Stanford White, one of the most famous architects of the era--whose mark on New York City is second to none--was murdered by Harry K. Thaw in 1906, his death become known as "The Crime of the Century."

But there were other players in this love-triangle-gone-wrong that would play a part in the incredible story of White's murderer. Chief among them was the ambitious district attorney William Travers Jerome, who had the opportunity to make--or break--his career with his prosecution of Thaw.

Thaw was the debauched and deranged heir to a Pittsburgh fortune who had a sadistic streak. White was an artistic genius and one of the world's premier architects who would become obsessed with a teenaged chorus girl, Evelyn Nesbit. White preyed on Nesbit, who, in a surprising twist, also became a fixation for Thaw. Nesbit and Thaw would later marry, but Thaw's lingering jealousy and anger toward White over his past history with Nesbit would explosively culminate in White's shocking murder--and the even more shocking trial of Thaw for a murder that was committed in front of dozens of eye witnesses.


Contributor Bio(s): Cummings, Mary: - Mary Cummings is a writer and historian. She has been awarded by the New York Press Association for her obituary of Joseph Heller and a "Best In-Depth Reporting" Award for "Troubled Waters," a series on Long Island's threatened groundwater supply. She has written for The New York Times, Newsday, Time Out New York, and more, and was the arts editor and principal feature writer at The Southampton Press. She is a graduate of Smith College with a master's degree from Stony Brook University. She lives in Southampton, New York.
 
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