Dupree, James

As a Design Principal for a design-build firm during a recent development boom, James Dupree contributed as artfully as he could to the transformation of many natural places into building sites. When his two boys were young and his eyes were tired from a long day of work, he found it easier to tell bedtime stories than to read them. The stories blended the challenges the children had faced that day with his own concerns for the natural environment he was manipulating. The boys loved the stories, especially the ones about Frisky the Wondercat, who always managed to overcome familiar problems an...