American Castles

Author : Barbara Knox
Publisher : Bearport Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781597160698
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hearst Castle written by Barbara Knox and published by Bearport Publishing. This book was released on 2005-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Randolph Hearst always loved castles. As a child he visited many of the great castles of Europe, and he dreamed of building his own some day. In Hearst Castle: An American Palace, young readers will meet this wealthy and powerful newspaperman, who built a media empire while realizing his dream to create his own castle high in the California hills. Students will learn how this mighty structure was built and furnished with priceless artwork, statuary, and antiques. Full-color photographs, maps, timeline, and a compelling narrative will inform as well as entertain students.

Author : Julian Cavalier
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Castles written by Julian Cavalier and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Amy Handy
Publisher : Running Press Book Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Castles written by Amy Handy and published by Running Press Book Publishers. This book was released on 1998 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrate the history and diversity of this country, as represented by its vast architectural and scenic treasures.Look inside the homes of America's capitalists. Fully illustrated with photographs, biographies, and compelling personal accounts.

Author : Publications International Ltd.
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781640308923
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.2X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Castles written by Publications International Ltd. and published by . This book was released on 2021-09-15 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America is home to thousands of sublime and simply sensational mansions and castles. Discover more than 60 of these famous homes in American Castles. This book features spectacular photography of renowned American homes, including Mount Vernon, Fallingwater, Boldt Castle, Biltmore Mansion, and more. These masterpieces cover a range of architectural styles, including Spanish Colonial, Beaux-Arts, Palladian, and Georgian Revival. The perfect gift for architecture admirers and historic home enthusiasts. Hardcover, 144 pages

Author : Rusty McClure
Publisher : Ternary Publishing LLC
ISBN 13 : 098421321X
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Coral Castle written by Rusty McClure and published by Ternary Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2009 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the Coral Castle in Homestead, Florida, and its creator, Edward Leedskalnin.

Author : Jared N. Day
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780231114035
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Urban Castles written by Jared N. Day and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the first comprehensive investigation of the role of landlords in shaping the urban landscapes of today, Jared Day explores the unique case of New York City from the close of the nineteenth century through the World War II era. During this period, tenement landlords were responsible for designing and shaping America's urban landscapes, building housing for the city's ever-growing industrial workforce. Fueled by the illusion of easy money, entrepreneurs managed their buildings in ways that punished compassion and rewarded neglect--and created some of the most haunting images of urban squalor in American history. Urban Castles mines a previously uninvestigated body of tenant and landlord newspapers, journals, and real estate records to understand how tenement landlords operated in an era before tenant rights developed into a central issue for urban reformers. Day contends that--perhaps more than any other group of property owners--urban landlords stood upon the very fault lines of class, ethnicity, and race. In contrast to many urban histories set in executive boardrooms and state houses, and which chronicle struggles between large corporations, government officials, and organized labor, this fascinating work deals with the more chaotic world of small-scale entrepreneurs and their frequently antagonistic relationships with their customers--working-class tenants. Urban Castles is a richly informative chronicle of the dark underbelly of America's emerging welfare state. The neglected side of this important story covered by Day's research says much about the sea changes in landlord-tenant relations and urban policy today.

Author : Denise Kiernan
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476794065
Total Pages : 457 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Last Castle written by Denise Kiernan and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-09-26 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times bestseller with an "engaging narrative and array of detail” (The Wall Street Journal), the “intimate and sweeping” (Raleigh News & Observer) untold, true story behind the Biltmore Estate—the largest, grandest private residence in North America, which has seen more than 120 years of history pass by its front door. The story of Biltmore spans World Wars, the Jazz Age, the Depression, and generations of the famous Vanderbilt family, and features a captivating cast of real-life characters including F. Scott Fitzgerald, Thomas Wolfe, Teddy Roosevelt, John Singer Sargent, James Whistler, Henry James, and Edith Wharton. Orphaned at a young age, Edith Stuyvesant Dresser claimed lineage from one of New York’s best known families. She grew up in Newport and Paris, and her engagement and marriage to George Vanderbilt was one of the most watched events of Gilded Age society. But none of this prepared her to be mistress of Biltmore House. Before their marriage, the wealthy and bookish Vanderbilt had dedicated his life to creating a spectacular European-style estate on 125,000 acres of North Carolina wilderness. He summoned the famous landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted to tame the grounds, collaborated with celebrated architect Richard Morris Hunt to build a 175,000-square-foot chateau, filled it with priceless art and antiques, and erected a charming village beyond the gates. Newlywed Edith was now mistress of an estate nearly three times the size of Washington, DC and benefactress of the village and surrounding rural area. When fortunes shifted and changing times threatened her family, her home, and her community, it was up to Edith to save Biltmore—and secure the future of the region and her husband’s legacy. This is the fascinating, “soaring and gorgeous” (Karen Abbott) story of how the largest house in America flourished, faltered, and ultimately endured to this day.

Author : Thom Johnson
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738546087
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bannerman Castle written by Thom Johnson and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For generations, boaters and train passengers have been mystified and intrigued by the sight of a castlelike structure looming in the Hudson River, near Fishkill. Bannerman Castle unveils the history of this site: an island arsenal, built to resemble a Scottish castle. The story begins in 1900, when Francis Bannerman VI purchased the island--officially Pollepel but later called Bannerman's Island--for storing used military goods purchased from the government. A native of Scotland, Bannerman designed his arsenal to resemble a Scottish castle.

Author : J.E. Kaufmann
Publisher : Da Capo Press, Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9780306812941
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fortress America written by J.E. Kaufmann and published by Da Capo Press, Incorporated. This book was released on 2004-12-13 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A comprehensive account of North American fortifications and defense structures from colonial times to the twentieth century, supplemented by scores of remarkable photographs, technical drawings, maps, and diagrams." -- book jacket.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1642 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The American Catalogue written by and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 1642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American national trade bibliography.