Architect of Desire Beauty and Danger in the Stanford White Family

Name: Architect of Desire Beauty and Danger in the Stanford White Family
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ISBN: 9780385319423

ISBN-10: 0385319428

ISBN-13: 9780385319423

Edition: N/A

Authors: Suzannah Lessard

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The story of Stanford White--his scandalous affair with the 16-year-old actress Evelyn Nesbit, his murder in 1906 by her husband, the millionaire Harry K. Thaw, and the hailstorm of publicity that surrounded "the trial of the century"--has proven irresistable to generations of novelists, historians, and biographers. The premier neoclassical architect of his day, White's legacy to the world were such masterpieces as New York's original Madison Square Garden, the Washington Square Arch, and the Players, Metropolitan, and Colony clubs. He was also responsible for the palaces of such clients as the Whitneys, Vanderbilts, and Pulitzers, the robber barons of the Gilded Age whose power and…

Book details

List price: $19.00
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Publication date: 10/6/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English