THE MURDER OF STANFORD WHITE

Hardback. Featuring one of the most sensational murder trials of the 20th century; plus an extremely vivid picture of the society in which the murder and the trial took place - the society of immense wealth which centred upon New York at the turn of the century. The date of the murder was June 25, 1906, and the place was the roof theatre of the newly opened Madison Square Garden. The murderer was the millionaire playboy Harry Thaw, the son of a railroad magnate of Pittsburgh. The man he killed was Stanford White, an architect comparabale in eminence and influence with Frank Lloyd Wright in the following generation. With fitting irony, he was the designer of Madison Square Garden itself, and it was in his top-floor studio in its 300ft. central tower that he had indulged his well-known interest in pretty young show girls. Among these show girls had been Evelyn Nesbit, one of the famous Gibson girls in 'Floradora'. All the Gibson girls had married into great wealth, and Evelyn had married Harry Thaw - though only after she had been his mistress for 2yrs. ith Index. 270pp. 8vo. h/back. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. Vg. in nr. vg. patchily faded dw. which has a piece missing from top edge of lower cover.