{"product_id":"0684865750","title":"A Clearing in the Distance: Frederick Law Olmsted and America in the 19th Century","description":"\n\u003cp\u003eChronicles The Life And Career Of Landscape Architect Frederick Law Olmsted, And The Effect His Ideas Had On American Culture. Schemes. Tough As Nails -- Frederick Goes To School -- Hartford -- I Have No Objection -- New York -- A Year Before The Mast -- Friends -- Farming -- More Farming -- A Walking Tour In The Old Country -- Jostling And Being Jostled. Mr. Downing's Magazine -- Olmstead Falls I Love And Finishes His Book -- Charley Brace Intervenes -- Yeoman -- A Traveling Companion -- The Texas Settlers -- Yeoman Makes A Decision -- Much The Best Mag. In The World -- Abroad -- Hitting Heads. A Change In Fortune -- The Colonel Meets His Match -- Mr. Vaux -- A Brilliant Solution -- A Promotion -- Frederick And Mary -- Comptroller Green -- King Cotton -- A Good Big Work -- Yeoman's War -- Six Months More Pretty Certainly -- A Letter From Dana -- Never Happier -- Olmstead Shortens Sail -- A Heavy Sort Of Book -- Calvert Vaux Doesn't Take No For An Answer -- Loose Ends A Magnificent Opening. Olmsted And Vaux Plan A Perfect Park -- Metropolitan -- A Stopover In Buffalo -- Thirty-nine Thousand Trees -- Best-laid Plans -- Henry Hobson Richardson -- Olmsted's Dilemma -- Alone -- More Interesting Than Nature -- Olmsted In Demand -- I Shall Be Free From It On The 1st Of January -- Standing First. An Arduous Convalescence -- Fairstead -- The Character Of His Business -- The Sixth Park -- Olmsted Meets The Governor -- Olmsted And Vaux, Together Again -- Make A Small Pleasure Ground And Gardens -- Olmsted Drives Hard -- The Fourth Muse -- Dear Rick -- Sunset -- Olmsted's Distant Effects. Distant Effects -- A Selectged List Of Olmsted Projects. Witold Rybczynski. Reprint. Originally Published: C1999. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 429-460) And Index.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCategories:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArts \u0026amp; Photography\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArchitecture\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\u003cli class=\"category-tree\"\u003eLandscape\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBiographies \u0026amp; Memoirs\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArts \u0026amp; Literature\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\u003cli class=\"category-tree\"\u003eArtists, Architects \u0026amp; Photographers\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHistorical\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\u003cli class=\"category-tree\"\u003eUnited States\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProfessionals \u0026amp; Academics\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\u003cli class=\"category-tree\"\u003eJournalists\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\u003cli class=\"category-tree\"\u003eEnvironmentalists \u0026amp; Naturalists\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHistory\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnited States\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\u003cli class=\"category-tree\"\u003eState \u0026amp; Local\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eBook details\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Rybczynski, Witold\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e paperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Illustrated\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Scribner\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 480\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780684865751\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Scribner","offers":[{"title":"Used - Good","offer_id":49279050219710,"sku":"0684865750-4","price":5.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0640\/9689\/5166\/files\/615iDUSoZaL.jpg?v=1791942533","url":"https:\/\/shop.sustainablebooks.com\/products\/0684865750","provider":"Sustainable Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}