Up close : Frank Lloyd Wright, a twentieth-century life / by Jan Adkins.

Author/creator Adkins, Jan, 1944-
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York, N.Y. : Viking, ©2007.
Description301 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Subjects

Portion of title Frank Lloyd Wright : a twentieth-century life
SeriesUp close
Up close. ^A714210
Contents Darkness and light -- Foundations -- White city -- Bootlegging -- Prairie wind -- Instinct and wind -- Soap and god -- Failure of structural integrity -- Losing Eden -- Vamp -- Ring of fire -- Hollywood -- Mystic -- Great depression -- Shaking it out of his sleeve -- Desert lord -- Dangerous dream -- Usonia -- Streamlining -- Time traveling -- Eclipse of the sun -- Mystic spiral -- Gliding home -- Source notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract The story of the man who changed architecture from "dark, Victorian clutter" to space open to air and movement.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 288-293) and index.
Audience Ages 11 up.
Awards noteA Junior Library Guild selection
ISBN0670061387 (hardcover) :
ISBN9780670061389 (hardcover) :
Stock numberJunior Library Guild http://www.juniorlibraryguild.com

Availability

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