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Genius of place : the life of Frederick Law Olmsted

text Genius of place : the life of Frederick Law Olmsted

Summary
Describes the life of the landscape architect responsible for New York's Central Park and Boston's Emerald Necklace including his lesser-known time spent as an influential journalist, early voice for the environment and abolitionist, all overshado... Read more
Contents
"An enthusiast by nature" : growing up, 1822-1851 -- "The cause of future freedom' : Southern travels and journalism, 1852-1857 -- "A people's pleasure-ground" : conceiving Central Park, 1857-1861 -- "Heroes along with the rest" : Civil War servic... Read more
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xiv, 461 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Publisher
Da Capo Press 2011

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Woodmere (Main Branch) 921 OLMSTED, FREDERICK LAW Martin in Adult Non-fiction Available

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