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Death in a prairie house : Frank Lloyd Wright and the Taliesin murders / William R. Drennan.
Fine Arts Library NA737.W7 D74 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Drennan, William R.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959.
- Wright, Frank Lloyd.
- Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959--Friends and associates.
- Borthwick, Mamah Bouton, 1869-1914.
- Borthwick, Mamah Bouton.
- Architects--United States--Biography.
- Architects.
- Friends and associates.
- United States.
- Spring Green (Wis.)--Biography.
- Spring Green (Wis.).
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 218 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Madison : Terrace Books, [2007]
- Summary:
- Supplying both a gripping mystery story and an authoritative portrait of the fabled architect, William Drennan wades through the myths surrounding the massacre at Wrights landmark residence, Taliesin, and casts fresh light on the cataclysmic effects these murders exerted on his life and subsequent designs.University of Wisconsin Press
- Contents:
- Prologue: The House across the River 3
- 1 Prelude to Murder: The Architect and the Feminist 5
- 2 Scandal in Oak Park 43
- 3 "A Peculiar Establishment": Life at Taliesin, 1911-1914 69
- 4 "A Summer Day That Changed the World": Murder at Taliesin 85
- 5 "I Guess You Solved the Question": The Motives, Trials, and Lonesome Death of Julian Carlton 131
- Epilogue: The Legacy of Fire 154.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-209) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0299222101
- OCLC:
- 71812731
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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