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Provides a detailed look at the Herman Tarnower murder trial and the former headmistress convicted of that crime
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- PublisherHamish Hamilton Ltd
- Publication date1982
- ISBN 10 0241108225
- ISBN 13 9780241108222
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages352
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Mrs. Harris: Death of the Scarsdale Diet Doctor
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Mrs Harris; The Death of the Scarsdale Diet Doctor
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Black coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the backstrip. Plain text dustwrapper with pink and white coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. Black and white photograph of Jean Harris to the rear dustwrapper panel. Black-and-white photograph of author to the rear fold over panel. In March 1980, Jean Harris, lover of Dr Herman Tarnover (creator of the Scarsdale diet) visited him for the last time to bid him farewell before committing suicide. Mrs Harris had been replaced by a younger mistress by Dr Tarnower. In a struggle to wrest the gun by which Mrs Harris was going to commit suicide, Dr Tarnower died. After a lengthy trial in New York State Mrs Harris was convicted of the murder of her long-time lover. This book looks at the people involved, the crime and how it came about, along with the psychological observations of the author on the various players in the tragedy. Rubbing of the backstrip edges and of the book corners. Tanning of the textblock edges and pages. Some of the pages had become a little dogeared, top right-hand corner. Rubbing of the dustwrapper edges and panels. First British Edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [10], 3 - 341, [3] pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Law & Criminal Studies; United States; Biography & Autobiography. ISBN: 0241108225. ISBN/EAN: 9780241108222. Inventory No: 0129636. Seller Inventory # 0129636
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Mrs Harris.The Death of the Scarsdale Diet Doctor
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Book Description Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. Hardback. First Edition. Slight browning to edges of pages through age. Waterstain mark to top edge of back D/J. Slight shelf wear to edges of D/J. On a stormy night in March 1980, Jean Harris, the fifty-six-year-old headmistress of a fashionable school in Virgina, made a last visit to her lover, Dr. herman Tarnower, the originator of the famous Scarsdale diet. Later, Mrs. Harris said she had come to bid Dr, Tarnower good-bye before committing suicide and that he had died in a 'tragic accident' as he struggled to take away her gun. After one of the longest trials in the history of New York State, she was convicted of murder. What was the evidence that persuaded a jury that Mrs. Harris had intentionally killed Dr. Tarnower? What kind of woman is the former headmistress? Is she the wounded bird that her lawyer described or was she driven by jealousy of Lynne Tryforos, the young divorcee who had replaced her in the doctor's affections? No one is better qualified than Diana Trilling to address these questions. Renowned for her pscyho;logical insight and her gifts of social observations, she was in daily attendance at Mrs. Harris's trial. She has written a riveting book about the tragedy which, like few cases in recent memory, captured the world's imagination. Taut, compassionate, illuminated by flashes of penetrating wit, this book combines a detailed courtroom chronicle with an extraordinary statement about present-day tastes and behaviour among America's privileged classes. Long after the Harris case has faded from the news, Mrs. Trilling's account of it will endure as a document of our times and as a beautifully crafted work of literary art. 341 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.). Seller Inventory # 084984
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