# Biographical Studies explained — Sticks and Stones

> Chapter companion for Sticks and Stones by Lewis Mumford.

## What happens

This chapter provides a bibliographic overview of key biographical works covering American architects from the Revolutionary period to the early twentieth century, including studies of Samuel McIntire, Charles Bulfinch, Benjamin Latrobe, H. H. Richardson, Charles McKim, Daniel Burnham, and Louis Sullivan.

## Character check-ins

### Samuel McIntire

Subject of the biography 'Samuel McIntire: His Life and Work' by F. Cousins and P. M. Riley.

### Charles Bulfinch

Subject of 'The Life and Letters of Charles Bulfinch' by Ellen Susan Bulfinch.

### Benjamin Latrobe

Subject of 'The Journal of Latrobe' (Benjamin Henry Latrobe).

### H. H. Richardson

Subject of 'Henry Hobson Richardson' by Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer.

### Charles McKim

Subject of 'Charles Follen McKim' by A. H. Granger.

### Daniel Burnham

Subject of 'Daniel H. Burnham' by Charles Moore.

### Louis Sullivan

Subject of 'The Autobiography of an Idea' by Louis H. Sullivan.

## Links

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