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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]

Table of 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.

Author/Creator:

Drabelle, Dennis , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

The power of scenery: Frederick Law Olmsted and the origin of national parks [by Drabelle, D.]

Subjects:

Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903

National parks and reserves — United States — History

Conservationists — United States — Biography

Yosemite National Park (Calif.) — History

Yellowstone National Park — History

Niagara Falls State Park (N.Y.) — History

United States — Environmental conditions — 19th century

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Call Numbers:

SB482.A4 D73 2021eb

ISBNs:

9781496230140 (electronic bk.)
1496230140 (electronic bk.)
9781496220776 [Invalid]
1496220773 [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

1266644079

Other Control Numbers:

EBC6715586 (source: MiAaPQ)
[Unknown Type]: ybp302442352