Bibliograph

A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States, With Remarks on their Economy, Frederick Law Olmsted, Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr, William P. Trent, Volume 2

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A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States, With Remarks on their Economy, Frederick Law Olmsted, Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr, William P. Trent, Volume 2

Language

eng

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

1097154964

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Frederick Law Olmsted, Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr, William P. Trent

Series statement

Cambridge library collection. North American HistoryCambridge Social Sciences eBooks

Sub title

With Remarks on their Economy

Summary

Frederick Law Olmsted (1822–1903) was a journalist and landscape designer who is regarded as the founder of American landscape architecture: his most famous achievement was Central Park in New York, of which he became the superintendent in 1857, but he also worked on the design of parks in many other burgeoning American cities, and was called by Charles Eliot Norton 'the greatest artist that America has yet produced'. His A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States was originally published in 1856, and arose from journeys in the south which Olmsted, a passionate abolitionist, had undertaken in 1853–4. This edition was published in two volumes in 1904, with the addition of a biographical sketch by his son and an introduction by William P. Trent. It abounds in fascinating and witty descriptions of Olmsted's encounters and experiences in a society which was on the verge of overwhelming change.--, Provided by publisher

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