The House the Rockefellers Built - Couverture souple

Dalzell, Robert

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0805088571 ISBN 13 : 9780805088571

Editeur : Holt Paperbacks, 2008

Synopsis

"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 mind--at least until his son John Jr. and his charming wife, Abby, injected classical taste and a spirit of noblesse oblige into the equation. Built to honor the senior Rockefeller, the house would also become the place above all others that anchored the family's memories and sense of itself.

With memorable skill and insight, the authors take us inside the house and the family to observe how each new generation, often sharply at odds with one another, left its distinctive mark on the place.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

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. He collaborated on George Washington's Mount Vernon: At Home in Revolutionary America.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

"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 mind-at least until his son John Jr. and his charming wife, Abby, injected classical taste and a spirit of noblesse oblige into the equation. Built to honor the senior Rockefeller, the house would also become the place above all others that anchored the family's memories and sense of itself.

With memorable skill and insight, the authors take us inside the house and the family to observe how each new generation, often sharply at odds with one another, left its distinctive mark on the place.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Holt Paperbacks
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0805088571
• ISBN 13: 9780805088571
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 372
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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