A Clearing in the Distance: Frederick Law Olmsted and America in the 19th Century by Witold Rybczynski

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

Witold Rybczynski

480 pages first pub 1999 (editions)

nonfiction biography history challenging informative slow-paced
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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. ...

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