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Lady on the Hill: How Biltmore Estate Became an American Icon
by The Biltmore Company, Howard E. Covington
Good overview and history of the Biltmore Estate, not only its inception and construction, but it’s transformation and endurance as a major tourist attraction. You’ll learn a few fun behind the scenes stories and more about the Vanderbilt family.
The only thing I didn’t enjoy about this book was the sustained and repeated argument that private preservation is better than government-directed. This may be true in Bilmtore’s case, but it’s certainly not true for every historic home, and the insistence on this fact was distracting to the book’s intended purpose.
The only thing I didn’t enjoy about this book was the sustained and repeated argument that private preservation is better than government-directed. This may be true in Bilmtore’s case, but it’s certainly not true for every historic home, and the insistence on this fact was distracting to the book’s intended purpose.