The Architect and the American Country House, 1890-1940

by Mark Alan Hewitt

Book Overview

Shows and describes country houses from the Biltmore House in Asheville, North Carolina to Frank Lloyd Wright's Wingspread House in Racine, Wisconsin. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300047401
• ISBN13: 9780300047400
• Release Date: September 1990
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 4.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 10.2" x 12.3"

Customer Reviews

Yale University Press always does well

While my specialty is pre-1940 estates and mansions, this book works for me because the author does a credible job in showing the DNA that links the old with the newer. As in all Yale U Press books, the production quality is very high and the scholarship is strong. The bibliography (one of the main things I examine in works like this) is extensive. If you collect books on this subject then this should be one. If you are a beginner in this field then this is as good as any to start. See my other reviews on books of this subject for hints.