American Eve: Evelyn Nesbit, Stanford White, the Birth of the "It" Girl and the Crime of the Century

The scandalous story of America's first supermodel, sex goddess, and modern celebrity, Evelyn Nesbit, the temptress at the center of Stanford White's famous murder, whose iconic life story reflected a…

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