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100 1 $aRandall, Monica.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79056925
245 10 $aPhantoms of the Hudson Valley :$bthe glorious estates of a lost era /$cMonica Randall.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aWoodstock, N.Y. :$bOverlook Press,$c1995.
300 $a206 pages :$billustrations ;$c23 x 30 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
500 $aIncludes index.
520 $aMonica Randall's evocative, sepia-tinted photographs capture the architectural splendor of twenty-eight palatial estates - some of them truly castles - that loom as mysterious ruins along the Hudson River. Through her masterful photography and darkroom work, Randall also recreates some of the restless phantoms she learned about while interviewing the current owners.
520 8 $aThese stately mansions, many of them among the most historically significant in the country, recall the aristocratic luxury of a bygone era, with their turrets and spires, rambling porticos, gleaming columns, glaring gargoyles, and, inside, vaulted ceilings, spacious ballrooms, huge libraries that reflect the river elite's obsession for books, and endless personal touches that are the indulgences of the wealthy.
520 8 $aBannerman's Castle, a once-magnificent Scottish-styled fortress, now abandoned for half a century, is perhaps the most breathtaking sight on the river; the abandoned Victorian villa Wyndcliff is a savage display of ruin and decay - these and all the rest hold their secrets in deserted attics, hidden passageways and weed-choked gazebos. Many of the houses were photographed by Monica Randall shortly before being razed; this book provides a lasting record of their former glory.
520 8 $aAlso included are spectacular Edgewater, once owned by Gore Vidal, and the magnificent Wilderstein, now a museum, which was home to Daisy Suckley, whose love letters to and from Franklin Roosevelt were recently discovered there.
520 8 $aThe mansions represent the prize work of the renowned architects of the day - Stanford White, Alexander Jackson Davis, Carrere and Hastings, and William Welles Bosworth - and were home to such legendary American families as the Rockefellers, Vanderbilts, Warners, and Payne-Whitneys. Pairing the visual spectacle of the mansions of the Hudson with the tales of phantoms that haunt them, Monica Randall celebrates the glamour and mystery of these glorious old estates.
650 0 $aArchitectural photography$zHudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.)
650 0 $aMansions$zHudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.)$vPictorial works.
600 10 $aRandall, Monica.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79056925
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