Product Description: From the Greek Revival architecture found in Mississippi to the Queen Anne style of North Carolina, governors’ mansions in the American South convey a passion for antiquity, as well as a regional elegance. Ann Liberman, author of Governors’ Mansions of the Midwest, spent much of her life in Texas and admires the remarkable architecture of the antebellum South—a respect that she now brings to her newest book...read more

Traces the histories of twelve prominent governors' mansions from such central American states as Illinois, Missouri, and Wisconsin, citing the dwellings' symbolic representation of each state's stability while discussing each location's architectural distinctiveness, construction, renovations, and cultural history. (History)