Howard, Hugh

Summary: "As the nation recovered from a cataclysmic war, two titans of design profoundly influenced how Americans came to interact with the built and natural world around them through their pioneering work in architecture and landscape design. Frederick Law Olmsted is widely revered as America's first and finest parkmaker and environmentalist, the force behind Manhattan's Central Park, Brooklyn's...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly, an imprint of Grove Atlantic 2022

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Summary: A biography of the man who made public parks an essential part of American life. He made enormous contributions to the American landscape, believing a park was both a work of art and a necessity for urban life. Olmsted's efforts to preserve nature created an "environmental ethic" decades before the environmental movement became a force in American politics.

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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Conaway, James.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Shoemaker & Hoard 2007

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Gidding, John

Summary: "Increased awareness of the environment and an ever-present interest in curb appeal means that homeowners are eager for more sustainable, natural landscaping. And why shouldn't they be? In addition to supporting local flora and fauna, ditching grass for lush, native plants helps lower water bills and results in self-sustaining gardens long-term. In John Gidding's At Home with Nature, American...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Countryman Press, an imprint of W.W. Norton & Company 2023

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Aguar, Charles E.

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Publisher / Publication Date: McGraw-Hill 2002

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Rybczynski, Witold.

Summary: "In a collaboration between writer and subject, the author of Home and City life illuminates Frederick Law Olmsted's role as a major cultural figure and a man at the epicenter of nineteenth-century American history. We know Olmsted through the physical legacy of his stunning landscapes - among them, New York's Central Park, California's Stanford University campus, Boston's Back Bay Fens,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 1999

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Summary: "The year 2022 will mark the bicentennial of the birth of Olmsted; a national celebration is being planned by several organizations. This book celebrates 200 of the more than 6,000 landscapes that he and his successors created, many of which are extant, kept up, open to the public, and beloved as major cultural sites. Olmsted designed many of America's most beloved parks and landscapes during...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press 2022

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Olmsted, Frederick Law

Summary: The biggest and best single-volume collection ever published of the fascinating and wide-ranging writings of a vitally important nineteenth century cultural figure whose work continues to shape our world today. Seaman, farmer, abolitionist, journalist, administrator, reformer, conservationist, and without question America’s foremost landscape architect and urban planner, Frederick Law Olmsted...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Library Of America 2015

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Summary: Follows five Native American communities as they restore their traditional land management practices in the face of a changing climate. For millennia Native Americans successfully stewarded and shaped their landscapes, but centuries of colonization have disrupted their ability to maintain these processes. From deserts, coastlines, forests, mountains, and prairies, Native communities across the...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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Summary: The team plunges the viewer into the grime and glory of real-life archaeology: epiphany and exhaustion, discovery and disappointment. The team explores the mysteries of the past through what they find buried below the ground. Part adventure, part hard science, part reality show, applies the latest technology and the team's collective expertise to solving the riddles of the past. Through a...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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Sternberg, Guy.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press 2004

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Thomas, Andrew

Summary: "When award-winning landscape photographer Andrew Thomas visited four of the US National Parks in December 2007, he was mesmerized by their natural beauty. After two return trips within the next twelve months, he began a quest to travel to and photograph all fifty-nine parks of the US National Park Service. Every park is represented by several photos, giving a full impression of the varied...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Douglas & McIntyre 2016

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Summary: Not a travel guide, this book is a collection of essays that delve into issues affecting America's national parks and historic sites. The authors, who all have deep personal and professional connections to the national parks, explore how the nation's biological and cultural diversity is represented; the importance of balancing between recreation and preservation; the dynamics of nature as they...

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Publisher / Publication Date: George Braziller Publishers 2016

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Wilson, James W. (James Wesley)

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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 1992

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Ockenga, Starr.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarkson Potter 2001

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Dirr, Michael.

Summary: "Visually beautiful, with over 1,600 color photographs of woody plants that bring the text to life, this volume is destined to become a standard reference source for gardening and botany. Entries are arranged alphabetically by scientific name and describe the habitat, foliage, flower, fruit, availability from commercial sources, and landscape use of U.S. northern trees and shrubs, suitable for...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press 1997

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Publisher / Publication Date: Time-Life Books 1995

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Dirr, Michael.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Stipes Pub. 1998

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Czestochowski, Joseph S.

Summary: Contains 176 landscapes painted by 126 American artists between 1740 and 1965 with accompanying text.

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Publisher / Publication Date: E.P. Dutton 1982

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Martin, Justin.

Summary: Describes the life of the landscape architect responsible for New York's Central Park and Boston's Emerald Necklace including his lesser-known time spent as an influential journalist, early voice for the environment and abolitionist, all overshadowed by a tragic personal life.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Da Capo Press 2011

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Publisher / Publication Date: Aperture Foundation, Inc. 1998

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