Karen Abbott

5 books

American Rose: A Nation Laid Bare: The Life and Times of Gypsy Rose Lee by Karen Abbott

American Rose: A Nation Laid Bare: The Life and Times of Gypsy Rose Lee

Karen Abbott

422 pages • paperback • 2010

nonfiction biography history dark emotional informative medium-paced
The Ghosts of Eden Park: The Bootleg King, the Women Who Pursued Him, and the Murder That Shocked Jazz-Age America by Karen Abbott

The Ghosts of Eden Park: The Bootleg King, the Women Who Pursued Him, and the Murder That Shocked Jazz-Age America

Karen Abbott

432 pages • hardcover • 2019

nonfiction history true crime informative mysterious slow-paced
Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War by Karen Abbott

Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War

Karen Abbott

513 pages • hardcover • 2014

nonfiction biography history informative medium-paced
Sin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America's Soul by Karen Abbott

Sin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America's Soul

Karen Abbott

356 pages • hardcover • 2007

nonfiction biography history informative medium-paced
Field-Tested Books by Michel Bierut, John Gruber, Will Leitch, Ben Greenman, Alice Maggio, Margaret Lyons, Lee Klein, Randy Cohen, Jason Santa Maria, James Norton, Anne Holub, Joe Meno, Karen Abbott, Liz Danzico, Lori Andrews, Andrew Womack, James Finn Garner, Kevin Guilfoile, Jim Coudal, Todd Dills, Tobias Seamon, Francis Heaney, David Gutowski, Steve Almond, Christina Talcott, Mike Sacks, Eric Spitznagel, Rosecrans Baldwin, Jeffrey Zeldman, Scott Smith, Laura Demanski, Dave Reidy, Claire Zulkey, Terry Teachout, Maud Newton, Mark Bazer, Jonathan Eig, Nathan Rabin, Andrew Huff, Ron Hogan, Brian Taylor, Jason Arber, Wendy McClure, Steve Delahoyde, Scott Korb, Keith Phipps, George Saunders, Leonard Pierce, Edgar Coudal, David Barringer

Field-Tested Books

Michel Bierut, John Gruber, Will Leitch, Ben Greenman, Alice Maggio, Margaret Lyons, Lee Klein, Randy Cohen, Jason Santa Maria, James Norton, Anne Holub, Joe Meno, Karen Abbott, Liz Danzico, Lori Andrews, Andrew Womack, James Finn Garner, Kevin Guilfoile, Jim Coudal, Todd Dills, Tobias Seamon, Francis Heaney, David Gutowski, Steve Almond, Christina Talcott, Mike Sacks, Eric Spitznagel, Rosecrans Baldwin, Jeffrey Zeldman, Scott Smith, Laura Demanski, Dave Reidy, Claire Zulkey, Terry Teachout, Maud Newton, Mark Bazer, Jonathan Eig, Nathan Rabin, Andrew Huff, Ron Hogan, Brian Taylor, Jason Arber, Wendy McClure, Steve Delahoyde, Scott Korb, Keith Phipps, George Saunders, Leonard Pierce, Edgar Coudal, David Barringer

200 pages • 2008

informative medium-paced