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Many Masks: A Life of Frank Lloyd Wright

by Brendan Gill · 1987

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An account of Wright which strips away the masks behind which the architect continued to live and perform his unprecedented feats.

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biographybiographyMore like thisLess of thishistoryhistoryMore like thisLess of this
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artartMore like thisLess of this
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20th century20th centuryMore like thisLess of thisUSAUSAMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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long · 544 pages

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