Fortune and Folly: The Weird and Wonderful Life of the South's Most Eccentric Millionaire

by Sara A. H. Butler

Nestled in the outskirts of Atlanta, in a suburb called Druid Hills, lies Briarcliff Mansion. It sits on Briarcliff Road in the Briarcliff neighborhood, surrounded by strip malls and business with Briarcliff in their names. The mansion and the land it occupies are owned by Emory University, which refers to it as its "Briarcliff Campus." Fortune and Folly, in part, illuminates the largely lost story of how the mansion, and the entire surrounding...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820365238
• ISBN13: 9780820365237
• Release Date: November 2023
• Publisher: University of Georgia Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"