The mad sculptor : the maniac, the model, and the murder that shook the nation /

"Beekman Place, one of the most exclusive addresses in Manhattan, hasn't always been home to the rich. In the 1930s, when bluebloods like the Vanderbilts and Rockefellers began to build luxury towers, poor European immigrants lived in filthy slums among the riverside factories and abbatoir...

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Main Author: Schechter, Harold
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : New Harvest, 2014.
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