The Fountainheads: Wright, Rand, the FBI and Hollywood

by Donald Leslie Johnson

Book Overview

Speculation abounds about the relationship between Frank Lloyd Wright and Ayn Rand. Was he the inspiration for Howard Roark, architect hero of Rand's The Fountainhead? What can be made of their collaboration on the book's failed 1944 movie adaptation, and what can be gleaned from the 1949 film version of The Fountainhead? Where does harassment by the FBI (Wright was dubbed a communist sympathizer and Rand was called before the House...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786466146
• ISBN13: 9780786466146
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 243 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.9" x 9.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher