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Life at Winterthur: A du Pont Family Album [Paperback]

Maggie Lidz (Author)

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Publication Date: September 1, 2001

Never-before-published photographs and personal reminiscences enliven this pictorial history of life at one of America's grand old country estates.

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Paperback: 56 pages
Publisher: Winterthur; 1st edition (September 1, 2001)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0912724560
ISBN-13: 978-0912724560
Product Dimensions: 12.2 x 8.7 x 0.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 11.7 ounces

Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)

Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,629,624 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars An Exhaustive and Loving Work, September 25, 2001

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Magnificent and engrossing. Maggie Lidz's book draws on a stunning array of fresh material to create a three-dimensional portrait of one of our most significant and influential families. Every page is fascinating reading. This is a patient, masterful study that at long last sets the record straight - "All gimmicks gone." Life at Winterthur signals a major advance in our thinking about the Du Ponts and the special place they occupy in the previous two centuries.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Kudos for Maggie Lidz, January 24, 2002

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A wonderful insight to the lives of the Du Ponts revealed in an easy to read format

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5.0 out of 5 stars Better than peeping through a keyhole, October 15, 2001

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I just got my copy and am already seduced by the rich collection of photographs of my favorite Dupont family. Maggie Lidz obviously knows her Dupont family history and is amazing me with details that I had never read before anywhere else. I can't wait to read the rest. This book has definately made me want to go back to visit the Winterthur chateau with a whole new perspective. The whole family and place really comes to life with this book.

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2.0 out of 5 stars hyperbole
circumspect, contrived and irrelevant, this book is a waste of time. significant contributions to our country and culture by various DuPonts are not contained in a substantial or... Read more

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Life at Winterthur is a compound of anecdote, symphony and nightmare. Its mechanics resemble those of a dream that has freed the author from the necessities of common logic and... Read more

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Always interesting, piquant and unrelentingly rational as she puts the Duponts through brilliant hoops of love and self-discovery, Maggie Lidz proves herself an uncompromising but... Read more

Published on October 5, 2001

5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating!
Now that we know, through Maggie Lidz's copious family album, the complex use to which the Duponts put their experiences, possessions and obsessions, the value of being in close... Read more

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