One hundred years ago, the trial of millionaire Harry K. Thaw for the murder of his wife’s lover—renowned New York City architect Stanford White—engendered an unprecedented media frenzy. The woman at its center was Helen of Troy and Delilah rolled into one: the original Gibson Girl, the first “It Girl,” the Girl in the Red Velvet Swing—the first supermodel celebrity, Evelyn Nesbit. Thaw was acquitted by reason of insanity, but the real story behind the “Crime of the Century” was the rise and fall of that young woman.
The story of Ron Hull, paralyzed in a surgical accident back in the dreaded polio epidemic days, was able to overcome most of the stigma and stereotypes and "pass for normal" for 30 years. As Ron's paralysis increased gradually through the next 20
Margaret Kohel Evans invites her mother's grandchildren to a delightful visit with their grandmother, sharing charming memories of her across eighteen life themes.
