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):

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.

United States.

Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903.

Olmsted, Frederick Law.

National parks and reserves--United States--History.

National parks and reserves.

Conservationists--United States--Biography.

Conservationists.

Ecology.

California--Yosemite National Park.

United States--Yellowstone National Park.

Genre:

Biographies.

History.

Physical Description:

xix, 242 pages, 8 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2021]

Summary:

"The Power of Scenery tells the story of how America's national parks came to be, with Frederick Law Olmsted's insights and energy serving to link three jewels: Yosemite National Park, Yellowstone National Park, and Niagara Falls State Park"-- Provided by publisher.

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.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Burt fund bookplate.

ISBN:

9781496220776

1496220773

OCLC:

1245578949