when he sensed there was a break in the action, he snuck down to ashville where his client was george vander bilts richest clients, and then he traveled around, taking late night rail rides to secure the reputation and make sure he left a big lasting legacy. if he did enough parks, you know, maybe some of them would last. >> and writing letters all the time. i mean, we forgot we send short e-mails that will probably vanish, but as an an architect, it's fabulous. he wrote because. >> he did. it was wonderful. it was very much a man about talent. he had a lot of friend. the best way to describe it is if holmstead crossed a street, he wrote a variety of letters about it because he was a journalist. he wrote an article writer. there was always -- as a biographer, it created so many takes on any given action, but it was an embarrassment of riches basically to be able to have so many acts in his life for him to account for them and very up sightfully, and -- insightfully, and in long, 10-15 pages of explanation of his being enraged about a park design being rolled back or whatever, and he sent letters,