A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States - With Remarks on their Economy (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)

Frederick Law Olmsted (1822 1903) was a journalist and landscape designer who is regarded as the founder of American landscape architecture: his most famous achievement was Central Park in New York, of which he became the superintendent in 1857, but he also worked on the design of parks in many other burgeoning American cities, and was called by Charles Eliot Norton 'the greatest artist that America has yet produced'. His A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States was originally published in 1856, and arose from journeys in the south which Olmsted, a passionate abolitionist, had undertaken in 1853 4. This edition was published in two volumes in 1904, with the addition of a biographical sketch by his son and an introduction by William P. Trent. It abounds in fascinating and witty descriptions of Olmsted's encounters and experiences in a society which was on the verge of overwhelming change.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Library Collection - North American History, Volume 2
Release date:	July 2009
First published:	July 2009
Authors:	Frederick Law Olmsted • Frederick Law Olmsted Jr • William P. Trent
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	424
Edition:	2nd Revised edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-108-00558-6
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > History > American history > General
LSN:	1-108-00558-6
Barcode:	9781108005586

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