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This magnificent book describes the great country houses built with American industrial fortunes from the end of the Civil War until 1940. The American Country House draws on the rich and often amusing writings of contemporaries to evoke the lives the buildings served as well as architectural shapes they took. 275 illustrations.Aslet, Clive is the author of 'American Country House' with ISBN 9780300047578 and ISBN 0300047576.
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