"An iconic figure in American culture, Frank Lloyd Wright is famous throughout the world. Although his achievements in architecture are stunning, it is his importance in cultural history, Jerome Klinkowitz contends, that makes Wright the object of such avid and continuing interest. Designing more than just buildings, Wright offered a concept for living that still influences how people conduct their lives today. Wright's innovations in architecture have been widely studied, but this is the most comprehensive and sustained treatment of his thought."--Back cover.

Truth against the world -- Architects and machines -- The prairie and the world -- Japan and after -- "An Autobiography" and the fellowship -- Broadacre City and the 1930s -- A second career -- Appendix. Divorce papers of William C. and Anna L. Wright.