Genius of place
Subtitle: the life of Frederick Law Olmsted
By: Justin Martin
Edition: 1st Da Capo Press ed.
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Cambridge
Language: eng
Number of pages: 461
ISBN-13: 9780306818813; 9780306819841
Subjects: Landscape architects; City planning; Biography; Social reformers; History
Description: Describes the life of the landscape architect responsible for New York's Central Park and Boston's Emerald Necklace including his lesser-known time spent as an influential journalist, early voice for the environment and abolitionist, all overshadowed by a tragic personal life.
Notes: "A Merloyd Lawrence book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.