Author: Carl Alwin Schenck
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
The Birth of Forestry in America
Author: Carl Alwin Schenck
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
The Story of Biltmore Forest
Author: D. Hiden Ramsey
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biltmore Forest (N.C.)
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biltmore Forest (N.C.)
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Biltmore Forest
Author: Gifford Pinchot
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biltmore Forest (Biltmore, N.C.)
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biltmore Forest (Biltmore, N.C.)
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
The Last Castle
Author: Denise Kiernan
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1476794065
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 457
Book Description
A New York Times bestseller with an "engaging narrative and array of detail” (The Wall Street Journal), the “intimate and sweeping” (Raleigh News & Observer) untold, true story behind the Biltmore Estate—the largest, grandest private residence in North America, which has seen more than 120 years of history pass by its front door. The story of Biltmore spans World Wars, the Jazz Age, the Depression, and generations of the famous Vanderbilt family, and features a captivating cast of real-life characters including F. Scott Fitzgerald, Thomas Wolfe, Teddy Roosevelt, John Singer Sargent, James Whistler, Henry James, and Edith Wharton. Orphaned at a young age, Edith Stuyvesant Dresser claimed lineage from one of New York’s best known families. She grew up in Newport and Paris, and her engagement and marriage to George Vanderbilt was one of the most watched events of Gilded Age society. But none of this prepared her to be mistress of Biltmore House. Before their marriage, the wealthy and bookish Vanderbilt had dedicated his life to creating a spectacular European-style estate on 125,000 acres of North Carolina wilderness. He summoned the famous landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted to tame the grounds, collaborated with celebrated architect Richard Morris Hunt to build a 175,000-square-foot chateau, filled it with priceless art and antiques, and erected a charming village beyond the gates. Newlywed Edith was now mistress of an estate nearly three times the size of Washington, DC and benefactress of the village and surrounding rural area. When fortunes shifted and changing times threatened her family, her home, and her community, it was up to Edith to save Biltmore—and secure the future of the region and her husband’s legacy. This is the fascinating, “soaring and gorgeous” (Karen Abbott) story of how the largest house in America flourished, faltered, and ultimately endured to this day.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1476794065
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 457
Book Description
A New York Times bestseller with an "engaging narrative and array of detail” (The Wall Street Journal), the “intimate and sweeping” (Raleigh News & Observer) untold, true story behind the Biltmore Estate—the largest, grandest private residence in North America, which has seen more than 120 years of history pass by its front door. The story of Biltmore spans World Wars, the Jazz Age, the Depression, and generations of the famous Vanderbilt family, and features a captivating cast of real-life characters including F. Scott Fitzgerald, Thomas Wolfe, Teddy Roosevelt, John Singer Sargent, James Whistler, Henry James, and Edith Wharton. Orphaned at a young age, Edith Stuyvesant Dresser claimed lineage from one of New York’s best known families. She grew up in Newport and Paris, and her engagement and marriage to George Vanderbilt was one of the most watched events of Gilded Age society. But none of this prepared her to be mistress of Biltmore House. Before their marriage, the wealthy and bookish Vanderbilt had dedicated his life to creating a spectacular European-style estate on 125,000 acres of North Carolina wilderness. He summoned the famous landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted to tame the grounds, collaborated with celebrated architect Richard Morris Hunt to build a 175,000-square-foot chateau, filled it with priceless art and antiques, and erected a charming village beyond the gates. Newlywed Edith was now mistress of an estate nearly three times the size of Washington, DC and benefactress of the village and surrounding rural area. When fortunes shifted and changing times threatened her family, her home, and her community, it was up to Edith to save Biltmore—and secure the future of the region and her husband’s legacy. This is the fascinating, “soaring and gorgeous” (Karen Abbott) story of how the largest house in America flourished, faltered, and ultimately endured to this day.
The Biltmore Story
Author: Carl Alwin Schenck
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Foresters
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Foresters
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
The Story of Biltmore Forest
Author: Darley Hiden Ramsey
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biltmore Forest (N.C.).
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biltmore Forest (N.C.).
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Biltmore Estate
Author: John Bryan
Publisher: Rizzoli
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Original architectural drawings, sketches, plans, 19th century photographs, and new color photographs give the history and description of this architectural landmark.
Publisher: Rizzoli
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Original architectural drawings, sketches, plans, 19th century photographs, and new color photographs give the history and description of this architectural landmark.
The Mystery of Biltmore House
Author: Carole Marsh
Publisher: Gallopade International
ISBN: 9780635013477
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Accelerated Reader: Reading Level 4.4, 3 Points.
Publisher: Gallopade International
ISBN: 9780635013477
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Accelerated Reader: Reading Level 4.4, 3 Points.
Cradle of Forestry in America
Author: Carl Alwin Schenck
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780890300558
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
"Tells the story of how Carl Schenck, a German forester, came to America in 1895 to manage the forests at the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina. He not only helped restore the land there, he established the country's first forestry school and helped launch the American conservation movement."--Forest History Society website.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780890300558
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
"Tells the story of how Carl Schenck, a German forester, came to America in 1895 to manage the forests at the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina. He not only helped restore the land there, he established the country's first forestry school and helped launch the American conservation movement."--Forest History Society website.
Biltmore Estate
Author: Ellen Erwin Rickman
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738517490
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Presents a pictorial look at the history of the Biltmore Estate and the lives of the Vanderbilt family.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738517490
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Presents a pictorial look at the history of the Biltmore Estate and the lives of the Vanderbilt family.