Castle in the Sky: George Whittell Jr. and the Thunderbird Lodge

Second Edition. From Introduction - He was known as one of the West Coast's most enigmatic residents. George Whittell, Jr. was born in 1881 in San Francisco, the child of economic elite. A hedonist with near-infinite resource, he was committed to the idea of never working, a goal he realized to the best of his ability throughout his life. He turned his attention in the 1930s to Lake Tahoe and built the finest retreat, the Thunderbird Lodge. (Description by http-mart, Roy Schoenbeck)