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Frederick Law Olmsted: Writings on Landscape, Culture, and Society

By Beveridge , Charles E.;Olmsted , Frederick Law

Book information

Publisher
Library of America
ISBN
9781598534603, 9781598534528, 1598534602
Language
english
Format
AZW3
Filesize
6 MB (5922768 bytes)
Series
Library of America 270
Pages
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Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
-- 1822-1903;Landscape architects -- United StatesARCHITECTURE--Landscape;GARDENING--Garden Design;GFrederick Law

Description

A highly varied collection including letters, travel sketches, newspaper articles, essays, editorials, design proposals, official reports, and autobiographical reminiscences. Subjects include life in China where he was briefly an apprentice seaman, Olmsted's observations on the situation of the South before the Civil War, his war service organizing relief supplies, and his advocacy for the preservation of public lands at Yosemite, Yellowstone, and Niagara Falls.

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