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Building Taliesin

Frank Lloyd Wright's Home of Love and Loss

by Ron McCrea
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Through letters, memoirs, contemporary documents, and a stunning assemblage of photographs - many of which have never before been published - author Ron McCrea tells the fascinating story of the building of Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin, which would be the architect's principal residence for the rest of his life. Photos taken by Wright's associates show rare views of Taliesin under construction and illustrate Wright's own recollections of the first summer there and the craftsmen who worked on the site. The book also brings to life Wright's "kindred spirit," "she for whom Taliesin had first taken form," Mamah Borthwick. Wright and Borthwick had each abandoned their families to be together, causing a scandal that reverberated far beyond Wright's beloved Wisconsin valley. The shocking murder and fire that took place at Taliesin in August 1914 brought this first phase of life at Taliesin to a tragic end.

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    October 7, 2013

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      • ISBN: 9780870206375

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      • ISBN: 9780870206375
      • File size: 17919 KB

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    • English

  • Reviews

    • Library Journal

      November 1, 2012

      An extraordinary collection of never-before-published photographs, illustrations, letters, memoirs, and public documents made available to journalist McCrea conjures the story of the relationship between Frank Lloyd Wright and his muse, Mamah Bouton Borthwick. The creation of Taliesin in Wisconsin and Wright's Taliesin Fellowship are well known. The love affair of the famous architect with Borthwick was the inspiration for this summer house at Spring Green, WI--a house made infamous by arson and the murder of seven people, including Borthwick, at the hands of Wright's servant, Julian Carlton. This account is an episodic, visual biography of Taliesin as experienced by Borthwick and those in her circle. Readers familiar with Wright's biography during this transitional period of his life will find these visual artifacts fascinating; others seeking a clear narrative of this period of Wright's life and work may be disappointed by the somewhat disjointed nature in which McCrea reveals his findings. But the insights into this important residence are intriguing and well documented. VERDICT This is an essential addition to library collections in architectural history and collections about Frank Lloyd Wright. Highly recommended.--Herbert E. Shapiro, Florida Atlantic Univ., Boca Raton

      Copyright 2012 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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