![]() I have included many quotations in the book and I should say here that these quotations, including the dialogue, were always taken verbatim from contemporary newspaper accounts. The reporters interviewed everyone who had something to say about the affair and the newspaper articles were invariably written in a lively, engaging style. There were 14 daily newspapers in New York at the time and they all fastened on the scandal to boost circulation. What was most enjoyable about your research? What could be more sensational than that? Four years later she marries a millionaire playboy, Harry Thaw, who shoots and kills White in a crowded theatre. Stanford White lures Evelyn Nesbit to his apartment on a pretext, drugs her and sexually assaults her. A sixteen-year-old girl arrives in New York and meets a wealthy, influential man three times her age. It’s a sensational story that resonates with recent events in our own time. Q & A with Simon Baatz about Girl on the Velvet Swing. He now teaches legal history at John Jay College in New York. ![]() Simon Baatz received his PhD in history at the University of Pennsylvania. ![]()
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