Honor Moore, author of "The Bishopas Daughter"ĪIn "American Eve" a beautiful young woman, a lecherous prince of New York, and an unstable husband show us how the national sport of media-fed scandal began. How is it that after a century of feminism, young beautiful women still crash and burn for an eager public? Using newly available family sources, Paula Uruburu tells Evelyn Nesbitas story in all its darkness and terror.a Philip Lopate, author of "Waterfront: A Walk Around Manhattan" and "Writing New York"ĪTragic now when a century ago it seemed merely scandalous, the story of Evelyn Nesbit is a gripping cautionary tale for those who believe Paris Hilton, Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan are the first of their kind. Old New York is laid bare in all its decadence and the cult of pubescent beauty traced to its source, all with worldliness, wit, humor, compassion, and suspense. A lurid tabloid story of yore brought to fresh life and relevance with remarkable insight, verve and wisdom. Sex, money, scandal, celebrity, doom-the whole cocktail of Americaas obsessions is served up here in this intriguing, addictive book.aĪWonderfully absorbing. Martha McPhee, author of "LaAmerica" and "Gorgeous Lies"ĪIn "American Eve," a fascinating evocation of a woman and her times, Paula Uruburu does more than just tell the story of Evelyn Nesbit. Evelyn Nesbit is like a Dreiser heroineaSister Carrie, Jenny Gerhardtathough hers is a true story, harrowing in this writer's hands.a #EVELYN BURN NOTICE TRIAL#Mike Dash, author of "Satanas Circus: Murder, Vice, Police Corruption, and New Yorkas Trial of the Century"ĪPaula Uruburu has given life to the tragic American story of the poor, beautiful nymph whose fate is so often entangled withextreme wealth and the powerful man. Paula Uruburu's triumph is to fix this very modern- looking girl in her proper time and place, and also to describe the New York of the early 1900s so vividly that we feel we, too, could be strolling towards the 21st Street apartment where the teen was seduced by Stanford White-or sitting in Madison Square Garden on the fatal evening that White was shot dead.a Harold Schecter, author of "The Devil's Gentleman: Privilege, Poison, and the Trial That Ushered in the Twentieth Century"ĪOf all the famous beauties of a hundred years ago, Evelyn Nesbit is the only one who would still turn heads today. Karen Abbott, author of "Sin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America's Soul"ĪBy centering her book on the ever-fascinating figure of Evelyn Nesbitathe stunningly beautiful chorine whose sexual charisma still burns through the Victorian photographs that adorn the bookaUruburu has produced not only a tour de force of historical crime writing and an illuminating social history but a rollicking piece of storytelling: a work that brings to life an entire glittering era while maintaining a breathless narrative pace.a Evelyn Nesbit typified the glorious excesses of the Gilded Age, and this story has everything: sex, deception, drama, and a lurid love triangle, all culminating in the crime of the century.a He was elected to only one term.APaula Uruburu serves up an intriguing and meticulously researched slice of American history. Running against incumbent Gerald Ford, he won 50.1% of the popular vote to Ford's 48.0%. In 1977, on January 20th, Jimmy Carter became the 39th President of the United States. #EVELYN BURN NOTICE SERIES#The original series only aired for 3 seasons due to low ratings. The plot concerned a creature that sucked salt from human bodies. In 1966, on September 8th, the first Star Trek episode, "The Man Trap," was broadcast on NBC. In World War I, planes and zeppelins evolved for use in bombing. First used for aerial reconnaissance alone, planes were then used in aerial combat to shoot down recon planes. In 1911, the first use of aircraft as an offensive weapon occurred in the Turkish-Italian War. Preparing the first inventory of the United State's natural resources, the commission was divided into four parts: water, forests, lands, and minerals. In 1908, President Theodore Roosevelt held the White House Conservation Conference, which lead to the establishment of the National Conservation Commission. It was the beginning of the Panic of 1893. In 1893, in the year that Evelyn Edith Burn was born, on May 5th, a crash on the New York Stock Exchange started a depression that lasted 4 years. Add Evelyn's birthday or the date she died to see a list of historic events
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