Clearing in the Distance: Frederick Law Olmsted and America in the 19th Century

Title: Clearing in the Distance: Frederick Law Olmsted and America in the 19th Century Author: Witold Rybczynski ISBN: 9780684865751 Publisher: Scribner Published: 2000 Binding: Paperback Language: English Condition: Used: Good Moderate edge wear. Binding good. May have marking in text. We sometimes source from libraries. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders. F 1624725 Publisher Description: In a brilliant collaboration between writer and subject, Witold Rybczynski, the bestselling author of Now I Sit Me Down, illuminates Frederick Law Olmsted's role as a major cultural figure at the epicenter of nineteenth-century American history. We know Olmsted through the physical legacy of his stunning landscapes--among them, New York's Central Park, California's Stanford University campus, and Boston's Back Bay Fens. But Olmsted's contemporaries kn