DEATH IN A PRAIRIE HOUSE |
Subtitle:
Frank Lloyd Wright and the Taliesin Murders
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Book Category:
Biography & Autobiography > General
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Author:
Drennan, William R.
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Binding:
Paperback
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ISBN 10:
0-299-22214-4
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ISBN 13:
978-0-299-22214-7
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Price:
USD 16.95
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Publication Year:
2008
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Publisher Info
Lindsey Meier,
University of Wisconsin Press,1930 Monroe St.,
Madison ,
Wisconsin - 53711,USA
Web: uwpress.wisc.edu Inquiry
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 Green, Wisconsin. Supplying both a gripping mystery story and an authoritative 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.
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Book Review and Awards
"A fascinating topic for true crime readers . . . an intriguing, little discussed crime that truly changed the face of American architecture."--Lynn Evarts, ForeWord