Great American Mansions: And Their Stories (Revised Edition)

Great American Mansions: And Their Stories (Revised Edition)

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Book Description
An indispensable document of Americna history, this lavishly illustrated edition describes how some of America's greatest mansions were built and the families who inhabit them.

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In photographs and vivid text, this lavishly illustrated book tells how and why some of America's greatest mansions happened to be built and who has lived in them. Generous and eye-pleasing, Great American Mansions is an indispensable guide for sight-seeing tourists and a tempting treasury for armchair travelers.

Great American Mansions: And Their Stories (Revised Edition)

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Book Contents:

1. Groaning Tears: Ethical and Dramatic Aspects of Suicide in Greek Tragedy (Mnemosyne, Bibliotheca Classica Batava Supplementum)
2. Hand and Home: The Homes of American Craftsmen
3. Hands On Kitchen And Bathroom Planner
4. Hermeneutics and Tradition in the Samdhinirmocana-Sutra (Indian Thought, Vol 5)
5. Home Facts: The Ultimate Home Record Keeper
6. Hotel Bars and Lobbies
7. Hotel : Interior Structures (Interior Structures)
8. Hotel Restaurant Bar Club Design
9. Hot Water: Bathing and the Contemporary Bathroom
10. Houston Home Book, First Edition

Book Contents

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