SECREST, MERYLE — Frank Lloyd Wright a Biography

NY, Alfred A. Knopf. 1992. Hardcover with dust jacket, 24 Cm. Book, Meryle Secrest's Frank Lloyd Wright: A Biography focuses on Wright's family history, personal adventures, and colorful friends and family. Secrest had unprecedented access to an archive of over one hundred thousand of Wright's letters, photographs, drawings, and books. She also interviewed surviving devotees, students, and relatives. The result is an explicit portrait of both the genius architect and the provocative con-man. 635pp with extensive index & ref notes, just over a kilo packed for post. reviews >>> The book that made me begin to hate Frank Lloyd Wright (horrible person; brilliant architect) and >>> This was what I think a biography should be - objective and extremely detailed. Very Good/Very Good.