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Genius of place : the life of Frederick Law Olmsted
Title:
Genius of place : the life of Frederick Law Olmsted
ISBN:
9780306818813
Publication Information:
Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, c2011.
Physical Description:
xiv, 461 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
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 service, 1861-1863 -- "There seems to be no limit" : California, 1863-1865 -- "Where talents and the needs of the world cross" : shaping the nation, 1865-1877 -- "I have all my life been considering distant effects" : summits and sorrows, 1877-1903.
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 overshadowed by a tragic personal life.
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