Well at my age more or less his career was in the toilet during the depression (sound familiar?). A few years later he got the commission for Fallingwater and his career took off for a chapter two (or three or so).

He also was on his third wife about this time. This one was a lot younger than him and was sort of a crack pot into Mysticism or something a little wacky.

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..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.