Beauty and the Beasts

(NYTBR) - Insofar as the Gilded Age model Evelyn Nesbit — arguably the most famous face of the early 20th century — is remembered today, it’s as a tease and a gold digger. She has long been held vicariously responsible for the 1906 murder of the architect Stanford White, who was shot by Nesbit’s jealous husband during a performance at what was then Madison Square Garden.
In “American Eve,” Paula Uruburu, making magnificent use of Nesbit’s memoirs, letters and photographs (which introduce many of the chapters), places the notorious murder in a new context. Continued

Photo: Rudolf Eickemeyer, 1901 - via Wikipedia