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Biltmore Estate (NC) (Images of America) | 
 enlarge | Author: Ellen Erwin Rickman
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Category: Book
List Price: $19.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 297987
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 128
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.3 x 0.5
ISBN: 0738517496
Dewey Decimal Number: 975.688
EAN: 9780738517490
ASIN: 0738517496
Publication Date: February 16, 2005
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Product Description
Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina, has captured the fascination of people everywhere for over 100 years. Created in the 1890s by George Washington Vanderbilt, a member of one of Americas wealthiest families, the estate combined a 250-room French Renaissancestyle chateau with 125,000 acres of gardens, forests, and working farms. Biltmore House served as Vanderbilts primary residence for almost 20 years. After Mr. Vanderbilts death in 1914, life at Biltmore continued for his wife Edith and daughter Cornelia. In 1930, Cornelia Vanderbilt Cecil and her husband, Hon. John Francis Amherst Cecil, opened Biltmore Housethe largest private home in the United Statesto the public, firmly establishing the Asheville area as a major tourist destination.
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 Biltmore Estate - Historical Pics September 22, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The black & white pics describe Biltmore Estate - from acquiring the land, erecting the main house & adjacent buildings to their families & lifestyles. Very interesting book, highly recommended reading for those visiting Biltmore.
 Nice pictorial collection July 4, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
If you enjoy quick, short histories about old homes and the families they sheltered, then this is a good book to own. It is a photographic book, where the captions tell a condenced hisotry of the Bitmore Estate and the family that lived there.
people as well as place December 29, 2005
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
Unlike the other books on Biltmore, this covers information and photos on the Vanderbilt family who owned and lived at this monument.If that is what you want, this book is for you
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