Lady on the hill. How Biltmore Estate Became an American Icon
(2020)
Nonfiction
eAudiobook
Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : Tantor Audio, 2020
Made available through hoopla
Made available through hoopla
EDITION
Unabridged
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource (1 audio file (8hr., 31 min.)) : digital
ISBN/ISSN
9781705262450 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) MWT13731569, 1705262457 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 13731569
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Read by Mirron Willis
This is the story of Biltmore Estate's transformation from a financial drain for George Vanderbilt and his heirs -- banker David Rockefeller called it a"a white elephant" -- into an unparalled example of private preservation and the most important working asset of the western North Carolina travel industry. No one gave Biltmore's future a chance, but George Vanderbilt's grandson, William A. V. Cecil, persevered over thirty-five years, and his determination, creativity and vision produced an enterprise whose profits he used to preserve his patrimony
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