Frank Lloyd Wright’s

Rosenbaum House Museum Book Reviews

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Frank Lloyd Wright: A Biography

By Meryle Secrest

1998

The University of Chicago Press

Chicago, IL USA

ISBN: 0-226-74414-0

 

 In Frank Lloyd Wright:  a Biography, Meryle Secrest weaves together Wright’s erratic life with his constant development as an architect to create a multi-dimensional portrait of this complicated man. Writing in 1992, Secrest makes use of a rich archive of primary sources newly made available by the Frank Lloyd Wright Memorial Foundation. At 564 pages, this is not a casual read, but the reader will take away a comprehensive portrait of a fascinating man, his life’s work, and an idea of his impact on the world of architecture.

 

Dorlea Rickard, Docent

 
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Frank Lloyd Wright The Man Who Played With Blocks: A Short Illustrated Biography

By Pia Liccardi Abate and Leslie M. Freudenheim

2015

Royalston Books 2015

Royalston, MA 01368

ISBN: 978-0-9968641-0-7

 

This book is short, concise and to the point. It’s target audience is young adults or advanced early teenage readers or adults who just want an easier read. In twenty well illustrated chapters it covers all the necessary information and could pique the reader’s interest in finding out more detailed information about Frank Lloyd Wright and his work and why he remains 60 plus years after his death the United States most famous architect.

Jeff Ford, Site Director FLW-Rosenbaum House

 
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Frank Lloyd Wright’s Rosenbaum House: The Birth and Rebirth of an American Treasure

Barbara Kimberlin Broach, Donald E. Lambert, AIA, and Milton Bagby

2006 Pomegranate Communications Inc.

ISBN 978-0-7649-3763-7

This slender, 80-page book is packed with insightful information and photographs about the construction and restoration of Alabama’s only Frank Lloyd Wright-designed structure. The authors, using many primary sources, chart the Rosenbaums’ initial 1939-40 correspondence with Wright, the construction of the original Usonian house, and its 1948 addition. Then, the story picks up with the city of Florence’s acquisition of the house 1999 and its two-and-a-half-year restoration for use as a museum.

Robert Palmer, Docent