Main entry:

Nisbet, Earl, 1926-2013

Title & Author:

Taliesin reflections : my years before, during, and after living with Frank Lloyd Wright, and various contacts with other people and places / Earl Nisbet.

Publication:

Petaluma, Calif. : Meridian Press, ©2006.

Description:

xi, 226 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm

Notes:
Ch. 1. Childhood: Beginnings ; Onward ; The Great Depression ; Wheels -- Ch. 2. World War II: The war years ; The boat trip ; Seven and a half minutes of fame ; Rocco Laginestra ; On to the South Pacific ; Camp Stoneman ; Loran Estes ; Adventures with Loren at Camp Swift ; Rocky Marciano ; Running to civilian life -- Ch. 3. Becoming an architect: Manuel Sandoval ; The lifeguard ; Floyd page ; Midglen ; Frank Lloyd Wright (1867 to 1959) ; The Taliesin fellowship ; On to Taliesin ; Eugene Masselink ; A Taliesin reflection 1 ; A Taliesin reflection 2 ; The tea circle ; William Wesley Peters ; A Taliesin reflection 3 ; The Taliesin fellowship (the concept) ; A Taliesin reflection 4 ; Spring and summer ; Allen Lape Davison ; A Taliesin reflection 5 ; John H. Howe ; Key Davison ; The Escapade of Barbara and Martha ; A Taliesin reflection 6 ; A Taliesin reflection 7 ; A Taliesin reflection 8 ; A Taliesin reflection 9 ; A Taliesin reflection 10 ; John de Koven Hill ; Caravan west ; A Taliesin reflection 11 ; A Taliesin reflection 12 ; A Taliesin reflection 13 ; A Taliesin reflection 14 ; Life in camp ; Mr. Wright asks my views ; A Taliesin reflection 15 ; 1951-ongoing ; A Taliesin reflection 16 ; A Taliesin reflection 17 ; A Taliesin reflection 18 ; A Taliesin reflection 19 ; A Taliesin reflection 20 ; A Taliesin reflection 21 ; March 27, 1952 ; A Taliesin reflection 22 ; A pirate party ; Sequesting "my room" ; The price tower (1952) ; A Taliesin reflection 23 ; A Taliesin reflection 24 ; A Taliesin reflection 25 ; A Taliesin reflection 26 ; Actor Charles Laughton ; Conversation with FLLW ; A Taliesin tragedy -- Ch. 4. On my own: Christmas ; Cabaña Tanglewood ; Hemicycle or Harry ; A garden lantern ; Blois house and Falconer house ; On abstracting from nature ; Drawing and comments ; My brother Harry ; Harry's golf balls ; Tahiti ; Moorea ; Quinn's bar ; Movie in Tahiti ; July 14: Bastille Day ; October 4,1957 ; The next week ; Progress? ; Matson number two -- Ch. 5. Setting up practice: Practice ; The crest: a house in Hawaii ; Longevar ; Steve Oyakawa ; Mother's birthday ; May Nisbet's photo gallery ; Falconer's phone call ; Bad day at black rock ; Projects ; The castle ; Enter Clarence P. Chan ; The lion is king ; Go-aheads? ; Travel to Spain ; I Marry Mary Lou ; Studio for Joe Gores ; My mother's death -- Ch. 6. Settling down in central California: New horizons ; Laginestra letter ; To Michelle ; Wong's letters ; Barbara and I plan some trips ; Taliesin fellows Northern California ; October 17, 1989 ; St. Martin ; June 8, 1991 ; Second seven and a half minutes of fame ; The incredible Roy Randolph ; Seven and a half minutes forward ; Variations on a theme -- Ch. 7. World travel: To travel or not to travel ; My trip to China ; Fobidden City ; The Terra Cotta Army ; The Children's Palace ; On to Spain ; Costa Rica (2001) ; My England and Holland vacation ; Duke and Earl visit the Prince ; Palms I have known ; Closing thoughts

Summary:

During the Great Depression, there were few clients coming to Frank Lloyd Wright for designs, so he turned to writing and lecturing. In 1932, he and his wife, Olgivanna, began the Taliesin Fellowship where 30 apprentices came to live and learn from the most influential and imaginative architect of the Twentieth Century. Earl Nisbet was one of those apprentices and Taliesin Reflections relates some of the day-to-day activities that occurred in the Taliesin Fellowship.

Resources:
Contributor biographical information

ISBN:

0977895106
9780977895106 (pbk.)

Subject:

Nisbet, Earl, 1926-2013.
Taliesin Fellowship.
Architects United States Biography.
Architects Education United States.
Architectes États-Unis Biographies.
Architectes Éducation États-Unis.
Architects
Architects Training of
United States

Form/genre:

Autobiography
Autobiographies
Biographies

Holdings:

Location: Library main 246170
Call No.: BIB 175782
Status: Available