"1920s Southern California was the greatest home-building region in the world. Beaux-Arts trained architect Gerard Colcord flourished there, creating 400 estates between 1924 and 1984. Bret Parsons culled through 10,000 original documents and interviewed 300 past and present Colcord homeowners to complete this intimate portrait of the man and his homes. Complete with architectural renderings and photographs"--Provided by publisher.