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| Introduction to the Transaction Edition | xi | |
| Preface: A Search for Olmsted | xv | |
| Acknowledgments | xxv | |
| I. | A Boy in the Connecticut Woods | 1 |
| II. | Idler | 10 |
| III. | Sailor | 17 |
| IV. | Company and Solitude | 23 |
| V. | Scientific Farmer | 35 |
| VI. | A Walk in England | 53 |
| VII. | A Visit to Newburgh | 63 |
| VIII. | Journeying South | 70 |
| IX. | New York Streets and Texas Trails | 89 |
| X. | The Back Country | 106 |
| XI. | Yeoman: The Southern Writings | 112 |
| XII. | Editor and Publisher | 132 |
| XIII. | Greensward | 154 |
| XIV. | The Boss of Central Park | 170 |
| XV. | Secretary of the Sanitary Commission | 195 |
| XVI. | The Chief of the Hospital Ships | 216 |
| XVII. | The End of Olmsted's War | 226 |
| XVIII. | Mariposa | 247 |
| XIX. | Between Two Worlds | 274 |
| XX. | A Wider Work | 285 |
| XXI. | A Humane Life | 309 |
| XXII. | Buffetings and Accomplishments | 322 |
| XXIII. | Interlude | 337 |
| XXIV. | Recovery | 350 |
| XXV. | A Liberal Profession | 361 |
| XXVI. | North, South, and West | 380 |
| XXVII. | A Pisgah View | 394 |
| XXVIII. | The End before the End | 415 |
| Notes | 429 | |
| Selective Bibliography | 453 | |
| Index | 470 |
| Price | Condition | Delivery | Seller | Action |
| $99.99 | Digital |
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Terry Paquette
reviewed Park Maker: A Life of Frederick Law Olmsted on July 22, 2013
Park Maker: A Life of Frederick Law Olmsted
This book is the best explanation of the environmental, historical, and archeological implications of this understudied piece of legislation. I'd recommend it to anyone studying environmental politics or anyone who has an interest in land preservation.
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