Francis R Kowsky

Hell on Color, Sweet on Song

Jacob Wrey Mould and the Artful Beauty of Central Park

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Reveals new and previously unknown biographical material about an important figure in nineteenth-century American architecture and music.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Fordham University Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Mai 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 160mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9781531502577
• ISBN-10: 1531502571
• Artikelnr.: 64543395

Autorenporträt

Francis R. Kowsky, with Lucille Gordon

Inhaltsangabe

Preface: Discovering Jacob Wrey Mould ix
Introduction 1
1. Family Territory: England, Africa, Ireland, America 17
2. Youthful Years in London: Architecture and Music 27
3. Fresh Prospects in New York 54
4. Embellishing Central Park 96
5. Building a Career 149
6. Greater Expectations 195
Acknowledgments 241
Notes 243
Illustration Credits 259
Index 263
Color images follow page 130