Stan and Gus: Art, Ardor, and the Friendship That Built the Gilded Age as told through the lively

as told through the lively voices of the people who built it

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Flashlight spans decades and continents in a spellbinding

Stan and Gus: Art, Ardor, and the Friendship That Built the Gilded Age as told through the livelyA New Yorker Best Book of the Year How the architect Stanford White and the sculptor Augustus Saint Gaudens transcended scandal to enrich their times. Stanford White was a louche man about town and a canny cultural entrepreneur the creator of landmark buildings that elevated American architecture to new heights. Augustus Saint Gaudens was the son of an immigrant shoemaker, a moody introvert, and a committed procrastinator whose painstaking work