COLLORD, MARJORIE AND ANN MILLER - The Enchanted Hill Cookbook the Favorite Recipes of William Randolph Hearst . . .![]() San Louis Obispo, CA: Marjorie Collor and Ann Miller, 1985. Revised Edition. Paperback. Trade PB. B&W Illustrations; This is a trade paperback book with illustrated covers and a glued spine. The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. There is some light rubbing and bumping to the spine ends of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. "Hearst Castle, known formally as La Cuesta Encantada (Spanish for "The Enchanted Hill") , is a historic estate in San Simeon, located on the Central Coast of California. Conceived by William Randolph Hearst, the publishing tycoon, and his architect Julia Morgan, the castle was built between 1919 and 1947. Today, Hearst Castle is a museum open to the public as a California State Park and registered as a National Historic Landmark and California Historical Landmark. George Hearst, William Randolph Hearst's father, had purchased the original 40,000-acre (162 km2) estate in 1865 and Camp Hill, the site for the future Hearst Castle, was used for family camping vacations during Hearst's youth. In 1919, William Randolph inherited some $11,000,000 (equivalent to $186,000,000 in 2022) and estates including the land at San Simeon. He used his fortune to further develop his media empire of newspapers, magazines and radio stations, the profits from which supported a lifetime of building and collecting. Within a few months of the death of his mother, Phoebe Hearst, he had commissioned Morgan to build "something a little more comfortable up on the hill", the genesis of the present castle. Morgan was an architectural pioneer; "America's first truly independent female architect", she was the first woman to study architecture at the School of Beaux-Arts in Paris, the first to have her own architectural practice in California and the first female winner of the American Institute of Architects Gold Medal. She worked in close collaboration with Hearst for over twenty years, and the castle at San Simeon is her best-known creation. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good . USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 22.25 | £UK 19 | JP¥ 3602] Book number 46534is offered by:
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