Title: Frank Lloyd Wright: A BiographyAuthor: Meryle Secrest
Publication Date: 1998
Number of Pages: 652
Genre: Nonfiction/Biography
Geographical Setting: Europe, North America, Asia
Time Period: 1869-1959, roughly
Plot Summary: This biography of Frank Lloyd Wright, one of the world's most most gifted architects is compellingly written by Meryle Secrest. Wright's ancestors are explored, along with their thoughts on life, religion, and occupation, giving great comprehension to the personal devotion and calling he felt for the architectural world. Exploring his many finanical difficulties and relationship troubles, Secrest invites readers to see Wright as en entire person, and not merely through the lens of talented architect or romantic struggler. Secrest discusses the many houses built by FLlW, the history and method that went into the construction of each, and also the unique combination that became the Taliesin Fellowship. Secret has a delightful way of telling the story of Frank Lloyd Wright -in a way that makes it impossible to put down the story of this one man and his impact on American architecture.
Similar Works (nonfiction): Friedland, Roger - The Fellowship: The Untold Story of Frank Lloyd Wright and the Taliesin Fellowship (an insider look at Wright's group of apprenticed architects and their time at Taliesin); Amin, Karmal - Reflections from the Shining Brow: My Years With Frank Lloyd Wright and Olgivanna Lazovich (a personal story of a young Taliesin apprentice, highlighting the life and mannerisms of Wright's third wife); Tafel, Edgar - Years with Frank Lloyd Wright: Apprentice to Genius (yet another look at an apprentice's experience working with Frank Lloyd Wright).
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