Death in a Prairie House: Frank Lloyd Wright and the Taliesin Murders by William R. Drennan, Jim Fleming (Read by)
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(Compact Disc - 1, An Abridged Audiobook)
- Pub. Date: March 2009
- Sales Rank: 141,506
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: March 2009
- Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
- Format: Compact Disc
- Sales Rank: 141,506
- ISBN-13: 9780299232306
- ISBN: 0299232301
- Edition Description: 1, An Abridged Audiobook
Synopsis
The most pivotal and yet least understood event of Frank Lloyd Wright’s celebrated life involves the brutal murders in 1914 of seven adults and children dear to the architect and the destruction by fire of Taliesin, his landmark residence, near Spring Green, Wisconsin. Supplying both a gripping mystery story and a portrait of the artist in his prime, William Drennan wades through the myths surrounding Wright and the massacre, casting fresh light on the formulation of Wright’s architectural ideology and the cataclysmic effects that the Taliesin murders exerted on the fabled architect and on his subsequent designs.
Biography
William R. Drennan is professor emeritus of English at the University of Wisconsin–Baraboo/Sauk County and adjunct instructor in the Department of English at Appalachian State University, in Boone, North Carolina. Jim Fleming, host of the Peabody award-winning program To the Best of Our Knowledge, has been reading books aloud for thirty years on Wisconsin Public Radio’s Chapter a Day®.
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Stunning, Hilarious, Rivetingby Anonymous
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March 06, 2008: This absolutely fascinating book, now being optioned as a major motion picture, was more than I dreamed. I thought it would be a dry, historical account of yet another Frank Lloyd Wright angle. I was ASTONISHED when I discovered that the author had a hilarious dry wit, and that the story was a page turner--sex, violence, gore, art, beauty, feminism, racism issues--nothing left out. Bloody hatchet murders, burning alive, romance, betrayal. All meticulously researched and written in a diction that intelligent people will delight in. The book is curently number ONE seller in nonfiction books on Wright, and number three in the arts. And growing in popularity. Both TV and movies are in the works, and there is NO OTHER BOOK which covers this most riveting subject. THREE THUMBS UP! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. One of the best reads in the last 10 years.
Couldn't Put It Downby Anonymous
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January 05, 2008: This book was fantastic! It sheds some light on an overlooked period in Frank Lloyd Wright's life. While there are ultimately no answers to the mysteries involved, it is a rivoting read!
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