The House the Rockefellers Built: A Tale of Money, Taste, and Power in Twentieth-Century America - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Robert F. Jr. Dalzell, Lee Baldwin DalzellSeries:John MacRae BooksPublish date:2008-08-05Pages:352
Language:EnglishPublisher:St. Martins Press-3PLISBN-13:9780805088571ISBN-10:805088571UPC:9780805088571Book Category:History, ArchitectureBook Subcategory:United States, History, BuildingsBook Topic:State & Local, Modern (Late 19th Century to 1945), ResidentialSize:8.90 x 6.10 x 0.82 inchesWeight:1.2015Product ID:SCSWT765KW
"The Dalzells . . . do an astonishing job of placing Kykuit in historical context while weaving the larger-than-life Rockefeller personalities into its very walls and hallways."--Los Angeles Times
One hundred years ago America's richest man established a dynastic seat, the granite-clad Kykuit, high above the Hudson River. John D. Rockefeller, who detested ostentation, had something simple in...
Language:EnglishPublisher:St. Martins Press-3PLISBN-13:9780805088571ISBN-10:805088571UPC:9780805088571Book Category:History, ArchitectureBook Subcategory:United States, History, BuildingsBook Topic:State & Local, Modern (Late 19th Century to 1945), ResidentialSize:8.90 x 6.10 x 0.82 inchesWeight:1.2015Product ID:SCSWT765KW
Robert F. Dalzell is Ephraim Williams Professor of American History at Williams College, and is the author of Enterprising Elite: The Boston Associates and the World They Made and Daniel Webster and the Trial of American Nationalism.
Lee Baldwin Dalzell was for many years the head of the Reference Department at the Williams College Library. The two collaborated on George Washington's Mount...Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
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