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June 17, 2008
Richard Guy Wilson, MALS’68, PhD’72
Harbor Hill: Portrait of a House, WW Norton, 2008.
The book: Harbor Hill in Roslyn, Long Island, was commissioned by the beautiful and imperious Katherine Duer Mackay, wife of one of the country's wealthiest men. The mansion and its magnificent furnishings, art and gardens—and the owners' striving, hubris and ultimate failure—are the dramatis personae of this saga. Architect Stanford White wrote that "with the exception of Biltmore, I do not think there will be an estate equal to it in the country." Harbor Hill's story includes elements of farce and tragedy; in a sense, it is an American portrait.
The author: Richard Guy Wilson is commonwealth professor at the University of Virginia.
Web site: www.wwnorton.com/npb/nparch/073216.html
Posted by lingjiex at June 17, 2008 01:53 PM