Olmsted's America: An "Unpractical" Man and His Vision of Civilization

by Lee Hall

Book Overview

A dual biography of Frederick Law Olmstead, the father of American landscape architecture and of the times that helped shape him and his work - and that he, in turn, did much to shape. The work examines how Olmstead's ideas affected the United States during his time, and also today.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821219987
• ISBN13: 9780821219980
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Little Brown and Company
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 2.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.4" x 10.4"