Down to Earth: An Insider's View of a Frank Lloyd Wright Prairie House

by Maya Moran

Book Overview

In 1974, Maya Moran and her husband purchased a dilapidated Frank Lloyd Wright house in Riverside, Illinois. She has since spent the intervening years rescuing and restoring that house, acting as contractor, maintenance woman, decorator, furniture designer, gardener, curator, and tour guide. In Down to Earth, Moran tells how she resurrected the 1904 Tomek House, transforming it into both a home and a showplace, and describes in vivid detail...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809315602
• ISBN13: 9780809315604
• Release Date: October 1995
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 11.0" x 8.5"