Meryle secrest frank lloyd wright
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Frank Lloyd Wright: A Biography
I was NOT disappointed. This book, in addition to following the development of his designs and career, also has many of the messier, cruder details, starting with the roots of his family (which gives the book a bit of a slow start), his father the spendthrift itinerant preacher, the overbearing love of his mother, the development of his embattled loner/misunderstood genius aura, his shoestring budgets, the Welsh hatred of the English, the derivative designs and moon-lighting, the early successes, the gathering of wealthy patrons, the theater fire, the flight of fancy, the scandal, the horrible murder, the trips to Japan, the dogged wrath of his third spouse scorned, the hearings and arrests, the opposition to war, and the investigations, but also the roots of his ideas, their development over time, his failures and his brilliant inspirations.
In addition to all of that, the book also de
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Frank Lloyd Wright
Meryle Secrest’s Frank Lloyd Wright: A Biography focuses on Wright’s family history, personal adventures, and colorful friends and family. Secrest had unprecedented access to an archive of over one hundred thousand of Wright’s letters, photographs, drawings, and books. She also interviewed surviving devotees, students, and relatives. The result is an explicit portrait of both the genius architect and the provocative con-man.
"Secrest seizes the themes most evocative of certain of our cultural myths, forging them into a coherent and emotionally plausible narrative."&#;New Republic
"An engaging narrative."&#;New York Times Book Review
"The real triumph of this biography . . . is the link it makes between Frank Lloyd Wright’s personal life and his architecture."&#;The Economist
"Secrest’s achievement is to etch Wright’s character in sharp relief. . . . [She] presents Wright in his every guise."-Blair Kamin, Chicago Tribune
"An extremely engaging profile."&#;The Philadelphia Inquirer
"A spellbinding portrait."&#;Library Journal
"The best [biography] so far, a huge and definitive accumulation of fact."&#;Time
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Frank Thespian Wright
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