| Edition |
Large print edition |
| ISBN |
9781432848231 (large print ; hardcover) |
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1432848232 (large print ; hardcover) |
| Descript |
665 pages (large print), 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Thorndike Press large print popular and narrative nonfiction |
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Thorndike Press large print popular and narrative nonfiction
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| Content |
A winter's tale -- A lady of the long man rising -- Rhapsody in mauve -- Collaborations and consecrations -- A crossing of some consequence -- New mistress -- Forest for the tress -- Births of the century -- Trials and toymakers -- The more things change -- High and dry -- Final crossings -- Washed away -- Homespun and a great war -- Freedoms and flappers -- Glimpse of a castle -- You might go home again -- Epilogue |
| Summary |
Documents the story of the Gilded Age mansion Biltmore, tracing George Vanderbilt's construction of his European-style estate and the efforts of his bride, Edith Stuyvesant Dresser, to become its protector in the face of changing fortunes and times |
| Note |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Biltmore Estate (Asheville, N.C.) -- History
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Vanderbilt, Edith Stuyvesant Dresser, 1873-1958
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Vanderbilt, George Washington, 1862-1914
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