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Death in a prairie house : Frank Lloyd Wright and the Taliesin murders / William R. Drennan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Drennan, William R.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Architects--United States--Biography.
- Architects.
- Spring Green (Wis.)--Biography.
- Spring Green (Wis.).
- Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959.
- Wright, Frank Lloyd.
- Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959--Friends and associates.
- Borthwick, Mamah Bouton, 1869-1914.
- Borthwick, Mamah Bouton.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (232 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Madison : Terrace Books, c2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Supplying both a gripping mystery story and a portrait of the artist in his prime, William Drennan wades through the myths surrounding Wright and the massacre, casting fresh light on the formulation of Wright's architectural ideology and the cataclysmic effects that the Taliesin murders exerted on the fabled architect and on his subsequent designs.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Prologue: The House across the River
- 1. Prelude to Murder: The Architect and the Feminist
- 2. Scandal in Oak Park
- 3. "A Peculiar Establishment": Life at Taliesin, 1911-1914
- 4. "A Summer Day That Changed the World": Murder at Taliesin
- 5. "I Guess You Solved the Question": The Motives, Trials, and Lonesome Death of Julian Carlton
- Epilogue: The Legacy of Fire
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-209) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612255830
- 9781282255838
- 1282255835
- 9780299222130
- 0299222136
- OCLC:
- 647703749
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