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The power of scenery : Frederick Law Olmsted and the origin of national parks / Dennis Drabelle.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Drabelle, Dennis, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903.
- Olmsted, Frederick Law.
- National parks and reserves--United States--History.
- National parks and reserves.
- Environmental conditions.
- United States.
- History.
- Conservationists--United States--Biography.
- Conservationists.
- Yosemite National Park (Calif.)--History.
- Yosemite National Park (Calif.).
- Yellowstone National Park--History.
- Yellowstone National Park.
- Niagara Falls State Park (N.Y.)--History.
- Niagara Falls State Park (N.Y.).
- United States--Environmental conditions--19th century.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xix, 242 pages.)
- Place of Publication:
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2021]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- You can have the Arno
- Land of the free and home of the sublime
- The counterexample
- An idea in embryo
- The landscape reader
- How to sell a park bill
- In praise of diligent indolence
- The nervous promoter
- Contested ground
- Whiffs of sulfur
- The man who picked up stones running
- Saving gravel
- A shaky start
- Cleaning men
- Going out with two bangs
- The Olmsteds.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Baltimore, MD Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781496230140
- 1496230140
- Publisher Number:
- 40030773901
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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