Jean Harris

Scarsdale killer

Book by Trilling, Diana.
MRS. HARRIS: The Death of the Scarsdale Diet Doctor. 
NY:Harcourt Brace Jovanovich,1981.1st341pp. 
VG hardback, remainder mark/VG+ DJ 
In 1980, Jean Harris, the 56-year-old headmistress of a posh girls' 
school, shot and killed her former long-time lover, Dr. Herman 
Tarnower, the famous Scarsdale diet doctor. Mrs. Harris claimed 
she had intended to commit suicide and Tarnower was killed as he 
struggled to take away her gun, but after a lengthy trial she was 
convicted of murder. This account combines a detailed courtroom 
chronicle with insightful observations about behavior among our 
privileged classes.