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Summary: Excellent
Review: A wonderful, well-written, and very interesting guide to the West Point Campus: its buildings and history. The photographs complement the writing wonderfully, making for an all-around great guidebook. For anyone interested in West Point, or architecture in general, the book is a must. For those interested in a fascinating look at one of our nation's most important landmarks, pick up the book. You'll know more than when you started and you won't be disappointed.
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Summary: Great Book!
Review: As someone who loves and writes about the West Point landscape, I found this book to be most enjoyable. Miller takes a building-by-building approach to the Academy grounds, addressing architectural style and each building's history. The format is encyclopedic, so it's not something you'll necessarily read front-to-back, but you can pick it up and flip to almost any page and learn something. He even talks about the residential housing and less "important" buildings. The text is supplemented by mostly modern photos, including many close-ups of building details. I like it.
Jon Malinowski, co-author, "The Spirit of West Point: Celebrating 200 Years"
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Summary: less architecture, more use!
Review: It's an extremely aesthetic book, with beautiful photography and pertinent maps. I would have liked just a little more emphasis on what the buildings are used for, along with the exhaustive architectural notes.
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Summary: less architecture, more use!
Review: It's an extremely aesthetic book, with beautiful photography and pertinent maps. I would have liked just a little more emphasis on what the buildings are used for, along with the exhaustive architectural notes.
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Summary: Informative and amusing.
Review: Miller's enthusiasm, likes, and dislikes come through in this wonderful guide to West Point. Rather than the sterile descriptions often found in guide books, Miller's love of architecture lets us know honestly how and why any given building is magnificent, or why it' s an abomination (in his opinion). Full of interesting historical and archectural information and well illustrated, it's also humorous in its sometimes blunt appraisals; in short, everything I want from a living, breathing tour guide when on a tour.
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Summary: Informative and amusing.
Review: Miller's enthusiasm, likes, and dislikes come through in this wonderful guide to West Point. Rather than the sterile descriptions often found in guide books, Miller's love of architecture lets us know honestly how and why any given building is magnificent, or why it' s an abomination (in his opinion). Full of interesting historical and archectural information and well illustrated, it's also humorous in its sometimes blunt appraisals; in short, everything I want from a living, breathing tour guide when on a tour.
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