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Author Baatz, Simon, author. Title The girl on the velvet swing : sex, murder, and madness at the dawn of the twentieth century / Simon Baatz. Publisher New York : Mulholland Books, Little, Brown and Company, c2018. Copies
ITEM LOC CALL # STATUS Ashland adult nonfiction 364.152 BAA AVAILABLE Presque Isle adult nonfiction 364.15 Baa AVAILABLE Superior adult nonfiction 364.152 B112g AVAILABLE Edition First edition. Descript 392 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm Note Nonfiction. Bibliog. Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-380) and index. Contents First encounter -- Rape -- Marriage -- Murder -- First trial -- Second trial -- Asylum -- Escape -- Final verdict -- Epilogue. Summary "The Girl on the Velvet Swing, a tale of glamour, excess, and danger, is an immersive, fascinating look at an America dominated by men of outsize fortunes and the women who were their victims." -- dust jacket. Subject White, Stanford, 1853-1906. Nesbit, Evelyn, 1884-1967. Thaw, Harry Kendall, 1871-1947. Murder -- New York (State) -- New York -- Case studies. Trials (Murder) -- New York (State) -- New York -- Case studies. Genre Case studies. ISBN/ISSN 0316396656 9780316396653
