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Now widely acclaimed as America's favorite "Arts and Crafts Home", the bungalow is really part of a larger family, with some family members described as large scale homes. Some are near the bungalow in scale, while some are far beyond it. The purpose of this book is to encourage a new awareness of these larger-scale homes through a visual celebration of their remarkable artistic beauty, craftsmanship, and diversity of styles. Through striking examples taken from around the country, this book documents the wide influence of the Arts and Crafts Movement and its strongest messenger, the Craftsman Style. The book also explores the successive waves of other influences on popular architectural taste that mingled with the Craftsman Style, creating the design hybrids built on a larger-than-bungalow scale. Although well deserved, the rediscovery and vast appeal of the American bungalow tends to overshadow the charms and significance of other kinds of Arts and Crafts homes that just don't fit the bungalow mold. Largely fueled by endless promotion in specialty periodicals and through the raves of bungalow-centric books (this author's previous works included), the noisy celebration of "all things bungalow" is now into its second decade, and doesn't seem to be quieting down. Meanwhile, only minimal attention is paid to larger-scale Arts and Crafts homes that comprise a range of style infusions, and crossover influences every bit as varied as any found in the "true bungalow" world. The sheer scope in variety of shapes and sizes represented among these larger homes entirely surpasses the widest range of the bungalow. Excerpted from Beyond the Bungalow: Grand Homes in the Arts and Crafts Tradition by Paul Duchscherer All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.