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Lady on the Hill
How Biltmore Estate Became an American Icon
Author: Howard E. Covington, The Biltmore Company
Narrator: Mirron Willis
Unabridged: 8 hr 32 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc.
Published: 07/20/2020
Category: History - United States - 20th Century
Includes: Bonus Material
Synopsis
This is the story of Biltmore Estate's transformation from a financial drain for George Vanderbilt and his heirs -- banker David Rockefeller called it a"a white elephant" -- into an unparalled example of private preservation and the most important working asset of the western North Carolina travel industry. No one gave Biltmore's future a chance, but George Vanderbilt's grandson, William A. V. Cecil, persevered over thirty-five years, and his determination, creativity and vision produced an enterprise whose profits he used to preserve his patrimony.