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Author: Mary Louise Pierson ,
Cynthia Altman ,
Ann Rockefeller Roberts
Publisher: Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S.
Imprint: Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S.
ISBN: 9780789202222
ISBN 10: 0789202220
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 19 March 1998
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Out of stock
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Reviews
[B]eautiful and fascinating ... like having one's own personal, behind-the-ropes tour... By sharing this incredible estate, this generous family has provided us with a sense of grand possibilities that might otherwise remain unimaginable. --Antiques and the Arts Photographer Pierson, Roberts's daughter, has taken beautiful pictures, each one advocating how wealth can lead to the development of beauty. --Library Journal This book ... is a treat before or after your tour... In fact, you will learn more from this book than any visit. --Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
[B]eautiful and fascinating . . . like having one's own personal, behind-the-ropes tour. . . . By sharing this incredible estate, this generous family has provided us with a sense of grand possibilities that might otherwise remain unimaginable. Â Antiques and the Arts Photographer Pierson, Roberts's daughter, has taken beautiful pictures, each one advocating how wealth can lead to the development of beauty. Â Library Journal This book . . . is a treat before or after your tour. . . . In fact, you will learn more from this book than any visit. Â Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
""[B]eautiful and fascinating ... like having one's own personal, behind-the-ropes tour... By sharing this incredible estate, this generous family has provided us with a sense of grand possibilities that might otherwise remain unimaginable."" --Antiques and the Arts ""Photographer Pierson, Roberts's daughter, has taken beautiful pictures, each one advocating how wealth can lead to the development of beauty."" --Library Journal This book ... is a treat before or after your tour... In fact, you will learn more from this book than any visit."" --Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
"""[B]eautiful and fascinating ... like having one's own personal, behind-the-ropes tour... By sharing this incredible estate, this generous family has provided us with a sense of grand possibilities that might otherwise remain unimaginable."" --Antiques and the Arts ""Photographer Pierson, Roberts's daughter, has taken beautiful pictures, each one advocating how wealth can lead to the development of beauty."" --Library Journal This book ... is a treat before or after your tour... In fact, you will learn more from this book than any visit."" --Pittsburgh Post-Gazette"
Author Information
Photographer Mary Louise Pierson is the granddaughter of Nelson A. Rockefeller. A painter, she lives on a farm in Vermont with her husband and children. Author Ann Rockefeller Roberts is the daughter of Nelson A. Rockefeller and the mother of Mary Louise Pierson. A graduate of Wellesley College, she has a masters degree in landscape architecture from the University of Virginia. The author of Mr. Rockefellers Roads: The Untold Story of Acadias Carriage Roads and Their Creator, she is founder and president of the Fund of the Four Directions, a private fund with a focus on indigenous peoples. She lives in New York City. Cynthia Altman, author of the captions and additional text, is the curator of Kykuit.
