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"An engaging, kid-friendly exploration of America's leading architect and his work This revised and updated edition of a longstanding classic, Frank Lloyd Wright for Kids, details the life, times, and work of the celebrated architect. Through simple, kid-friendly prose and anecdotes, author Kathleen Thorne-Thomsen describes the influences of Wright's Wisconsin childhood filled with nature, music, and close family ties; his struggles to find work as...

Examines the friendship and support between architect Frank Lloyd Wright and Buffalo businessman Darwin Martin and the architecture produced during the years of their friendship. Looks at several Buffalo-area buildings created as a result of this friendship, including the Larkin Administration Building, the Darwin Martin estate, and the Martin summer home Graycliff.