The Golden Age of American Gardens: Proud Owners * Private Estates * 1890-1940
Select Format
Select Condition 
Book Overview
An engaging tribute to America's grand era of private estate gardens and their illustrious owners, this book sweeps across the country to present over 500 of the nation's most exquisite gardens and the people who built them. In addition to a wealth of horticultural details, we learn of the garden-maker's flamboyant private and public lives--of the gossip, parties, dreams, politics, and economic one-upmanship of the period. 280 illustrations, 130 in full color.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0810933586
ISBN13:9780810933583
Release Date:September 1991
Publisher:Harry N. Abrams
Length:408 Pages
Weight:4.40 lbs.
Dimensions:1.5" x 9.5" x 10.0"
Age Range:13 years and up
Grade Range:Grade 8 to Postsecondary
Customer Reviews
1 rating
A "Golden Age"...but what about the West Coast?
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
This book is lovely! Full of rare old pictures of gorgeous golden age gardens and a lot of excellent, well-written text. You will learn something about gardens, American history and culture...the whole thing is so elegant and I've spent a great deal of time both reading and simply daydreaming at the images. Buy it! My disclaimer? The fact the authoresses are from the East Coast is embarrasingly obvious; segments on the West are consilliatory at best. Considering the birth of the silver screen, I find it a gross oversight not to include photos of the great Hollywood gardens, save one distant shot of Harold Loyd's estate...a "Golden Age" with no silver screen...?! So if you're from the West Coast or areas between east and west, you might be dissappointed, but the book is wonderful regardless. And we already knew what they thought of our "new money", didn't we?
Copyright © 2025 Thriftbooks.com
Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information | Cookie Policy | Cookie Preferences | Accessibility Statement
ThriftBooks ® and the ThriftBooks ® logo are registered trademarks of Thrift Books Global, LLC
ThriftBooks ® and the ThriftBooks ® logo are registered trademarks of Thrift Books Global, LLC
