Genius of place the life of Frederick Law Olmsted
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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Cambridge, MA :
Da Capo Press,
c2011.
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| 100 | 1 | |a Martin, Justin. | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Genius of place : |b the life of Frederick Law Olmsted / |c Justin Martin. |
| 260 | |a Cambridge, MA : |b Da Capo Press, |c c2011. | ||
| 300 | |a xiv, 461 p., [16] p. of plates : |b ill., maps ; |c 25 cm. | ||
| 500 | |a "A Merloyd Lawrence book." | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a "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. | |
| 520 | |a 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. | ||
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Olmsted, Frederick Law, |d 1822-1903. |
| 650 | 0 | |a Landscape architects |z United States |v Biography. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Social reformers |z United States |v Biography. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a City planning |z United States |x History |y 19th century. | |
| 690 | 0 | |a Stein, Sylvia tribute | |
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