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

Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society | October 1, 2000| | Copyright

A Clearing in the Distance: Frederick Law Olmsted and America in the Nineteenth Century. By Witold Rybczynski. (New York: Scribner, 1999. Pp. 480. Forward, illustrations, bibliographical essay, selected project list, notes, and index. Cloth, $28.00.)

Frederick Law Olmsted, "the father of American landscape architecture," is best known for projects such as New York's Central Park and the Biltmore estate in Asheville, NC, although his contributions to American history encompass far more than landscape design. Witold Rybczynski offers a detailed and compelling picture of Olmsted's remarkable ...

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