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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Epigraph
Contents
Introduction
1. The Boy from Adrian (1893–1912)
2. Chicago/Detroit (1913–1916)
3. Hollywood (1916–1917)
4. Manhattan (1917–1919)
5. From Dante to Gershwin (1919–1922)
6. Prelude to a Miracle (1923–1924)
7. Hollywood/Paris (1925)
8. Colossal in Scale, Appalling in Complexity (1926–1935)
9. Goods into Roses (1920s)
10. Skyscrapers/Streamlining (1931–1933)
11. The Democratization of Design (1930s)
12. What Geniuses Worry About (1930s)
13. Too Good to Succeed: The Chrysler Airflow (1933–1937)
14. Fickle Mistress (1929–1937)
15. Birth of a Classic, Death of a Beauty (January 1938)
16. Too Goddamned Waldorf Astoria: The Exhibit That Nearly Wasn’t (1936–1940)
17. Crystal Lassies; or, The Future Will Be Topless (1938–1940)
18. Elephants in Tutus (1940–1942)
19. “…that stinking, dirty, filthy piece about me in The New Yorker” (1941)
20. All the Wonders That Would Be (1940–1945)
21. Quantity Trumps Quality (1945–1950)
22. Prodigal Daughter (1950s)
23. Edith (1950–1958)
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
About the Author
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