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Stanford White is one of New York's most famous architects, having designed many mansions and the first Madison Square Garden. He had a taste for budding young showgirls on Broadway, even setting up a private apartment to entertain them in. When he meets Evelyn Nesbit, an exquisite young nymph, cover girl, showgirl he knows he's on to something special. However, Evelyn eventually marries a young Pittsburgh decadent heir with a dark side who develops a deep hatred for White and what he may or may not have done to her, setting up the most scandalous murder of the time.

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A steady and enthralling account of White's murder which also provides an impressive narrative of Nesbit's ability to survive in a world of men trying to control her and bend her to their wills. -- Publishers Weekly

No season would be complete without the latest in Rick Geary's ongoing series of 20th-century murders: with elegant, unsettling penwork, Madison Square Tragedy: The Murder of Stanford White tells the notorious story of architect Stanford White, who was murdered by a jealous husband in a theater atop the original Madison Square Garden. Expect his usual tongue-in-cheek tone. --Publishers Weekly A steady and enthralling account of White's murder which also provides an impressive narrative of Nesbit's ability to survive in a world of men trying to control her and bend her to their wills. --Publishers Weekly Geary's old-fashioned black-and-white line drawings, vividly evoking the turn-of-the-century milieu, and his reliance on text-heavy captions as a sort of voiceover impart a documentary air to his thoroughly researched account. A standout entry in Geary's consistently fascinating true-crime series. --Gordon Flagg, Booklist He uses his detached style to get at something essential in the story he's telling, contrasting his placid portraiture with the roiling passions just under the surface. --Onion AV Club on Lovers Lane His clean, purely linear artwork is not only a delight to look at but serves the narrative in a near perfect union of pictures and words. --Publishers Weekly on Lovers Lane To be able to share Madison Square Tragedy, a shining example of the possibilities of the comic medium--with those who would not necessarily approach a comic book--is a triumph. --Jenny Randle, New York Journal of Books

He uses his detached style to get at something essential in the story he's telling, contrasting his placid portraiture with the roiling passions just under the surface. -- Onion AV Club on Lovers Lane

To be able to share Madison Square Tragedy, a shining example of the possibilities of the comic medium--with those who would not necessarily approach a comic book--is a triumph. --Jenny Randle, New York Journal of Books His clean, purely linear artwork is not only a delight to look at but serves the narrative in a near perfect union of pictures and words. --Publishers Weekly on Lovers Lane He uses his detached style to get at something essential in the story he's telling, contrasting his placid portraiture with the roiling passions just under the surface. --Onion AV Club on Lovers Lane Geary's old-fashioned black-and-white line drawings, vividly evoking the turn-of-the-century milieu, and his reliance on text-heavy captions as a sort of voiceover impart a documentary air to his thoroughly researched account. A standout entry in Geary's consistently fascinating true-crime series. --Gordon Flagg, Booklist A steady and enthralling account of White's murder which also provides an impressive narrative of Nesbit's ability to survive in a world of men trying to control her and bend her to their wills. --Publishers Weekly No season would be complete without the latest in Rick Geary's ongoing series of 20th-century murders: with elegant, unsettling penwork, Madison Square Tragedy: The Murder of Stanford White tells the notorious story of architect Stanford White, who was murdered by a jealous husband in a theater atop the original Madison Square Garden. Expect his usual tongue-in-cheek tone. --Publishers Weekly

No season would be complete without the latest in Rick Geary's ongoing series of 20th-century murders: with elegant, unsettling penwork, Madison Square Tragedy: The Murder of Stanford White tells the notorious story of architect Stanford White, who was murdered by a jealous husband in a theater atop the original Madison Square Garden. Expect his usual tongue-in-cheek tone. -- Publishers Weekly To be able to share Madison Square Tragedy , a shining example of the possibilities of the comic medium--with those who would not necessarily approach a comic book--is a triumph. --Jenny Randle, New York Journal of Books Geary's old-fashioned black-and-white line drawings, vividly evoking the turn-of-the-century milieu, and his reliance on text-heavy captions as a sort of voiceover impart a documentary air to his thoroughly researched account. A standout entry in Geary's consistently fascinating true-crime series. --Gordon Flagg, Booklist A steady and enthralling account of White's murder which also provides an impressive narrative of Nesbit's ability to survive in a world of men trying to control her and bend her to their wills. -- Publishers Weekly His clean, purely linear artwork is not only a delight to look at but serves the narrative in a near perfect union of pictures and words. -- Publishers Weekly on Lovers Lane He uses his detached style to get at something essential in the story he's telling, contrasting his placid portraiture with the roiling passions just under the surface. -- Onion AV Club on Lovers Lane

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Rick Geary is an award-winning cartoonist and illustrator. He has worked for Marvel Entertainment Group, DC Comics, Dark Horse Comics, and Heavy Metal magazine, and has contributed to National Lampoon and the New York Times Book Review. He is the author of the A Treasury of Victorian Murder series and the Treasury of XXth Century Murder series. He lives in Carrizozo, New Mexico.

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