Death in a Prairie House : Frank Lloyd Wright and the Taliesin Murders.

The most pivotal and yet least understood event of Frank Lloyd Wright's celebrated life involves the brutal murders in 1914 of seven adults and children dear to the architect and the destruction by fire of Taliesin, his landmark residence, near Spring Gre.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: University of Wisconsin Press 2007.
Subjects:
Wright, Frank Lloyd, > 1867-1959.
Wright, Frank Lloyd, > 1867-1959 > Friends and associates.
Borthwick, Mamah Bouton, > 1869-1914.
Borthwick, Mamah Bouton, > 1869-1914
Wright, Frank Lloyd, > 1867-1959
Architects > United States > Biography.
Architectes > États-Unis > Biographies.
Architects
Friendship
Spring Green (Wis.) > Biography.
United States
Wisconsin > Spring Green
Biographies
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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.

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