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

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Frederick Law Olmsteds priceless contributions to the American landscape include New York Citys Central Park, the Capitol in Washington, D.C., and the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina. This book offers a look at Olmsteds other accomplishments, including his advocacy of abolition and his impact as a journalist and founder of The Nation. of photos. nIn a brilliant collaboration between writer and subject, Witold Rybczynski, the bestselling author of Now I Sit Me Down, illuminates Frederick Law Olmsteds role as a major cultural figure at the epicenter of nineteenth-century American history. nWe know Olmsted through the physical legacy of his stunning landscapes--among them, New Yorks Central Park, Californias Stanford University campus, and Bostons Back Bay Fens. But Olmsteds contemporaries knew a man of even more extraordinarily diverse talents. Born in 1822, he traveled to China on a merchant ship at the age of twenty-one. He cofounded The Nation magazine and was an early voice against slavery. He managed Californias largest gold mine and, during the Civil War, served as the executive secretary to the United States Sanitary Commission, the precursor of the Red Cross. n nRybczynskis passion for his subject and his understanding of Olmsteds immense complexity and accomplishments make his book a triumphant work. In A Clearing in the Distance, the story of a great nineteenth-century American becomes an intellectual adventure.n

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111.55 ^RON

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Vânzător: Libris.ro
Brand: Witold Rybczynski