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<p>This handsome reprinted edition of landscape architect Olmsted's record of his 1850 walking tour through England and Wales contains an introduction and annotation by Charles C. McLaughlin (emeritus, history, American U.), a specialist on Olmsted. In his introduction, McLaughlin details Olmsted's travel in England and the influence of its parks, geography, and views on his landscape design, including his design of Central Park. Though the book will be of interest to scholars of Olmsted and American park design, the account will capture the imagination of anyone interested in 19th-century travel and England. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR</p> <h3>The New Yorker</h3> <p>In 1863, at the peak of the Civil War, a package turned up on President Lincoln's desk containing stereoscopic images of the municipal wonder taking shape up in New York: Central Park. These high-tech photographic scenes were intended to soothe the President's nerves, just as the Park has calmed New Yorkers for generations. This summer is the hundred-and-fiftieth anniversary of the state's wise decision-influenced by the preëminent nineteenth-century landscape designer Andrew Jackson Downing-to set

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Author

Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903

Publisher

Library of American Landscape History ; Distributed by University of Massachusetts, c2002.

Published

2002

Language

EN

ISBN

9781558493803

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Agriculture, Travel, History