The Girl on the Velvet Swing: Sex, Murder, and Madness at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century
by Simon Baatz
A meticulously researched account of a headline-grabbing murder that exposed the tensions of Gilded Age New York.
About This Book
The Girl on the Velvet Swing examines a notorious murder case that gripped New York at the dawn of the twentieth century.
Author Simon Baatz draws on court records and contemporary reporting to reconstruct the events and their social context.
The narrative situates the crime within the era’s shifting attitudes toward class, gender, and public morality.
Readers gain insight into how a single scandal influenced headlines, legal proceedings, and popular culture of the time.
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