Pitt Book Center to Hold Book Signing With Fallingwater Rising Author
PITTSBURGH—Author and Pitt Professor of Art History Franklin Toker will sign copies of his book Fallingwater Rising (Alfred A. Knopf, 2003) at noon Oct. 15 at the University of Pittsburgh Book Center.
Having spent 18 years on the book, Toker explores the unlikely collaboration of merchant E. J. Kaufmann and aging architect Frank Lloyd Wright. The building they produced, the Kaufmann's family home, brought international fame to them both and cemented Wright's reputation as the greatest architect of the 20th century.
Toker incorporated key figures from the 1930s America into the story—including Henry Luce, William Randolph Hearst, and Ayn Rand, as well as the Carnegie, Mellon, and Frick families of Pittsburgh—showing how the house became not just an architectural masterpiece but also a fundamental icon of American life.
The event is sponsored by The Book Center and Random House Publishing. Admission is free and open to the public.
For more information, call Monica Rattigan at 412-648-1453.
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