| A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States: With Remarks on Their Economy Revised Edition Contributor(s): Olmsted, Frederick Law (Author), Olmsted Jr, Frederick Law (Author), Trent, William P. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1108005586 ISBN-13: 9781108005586 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $53.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Travel | Essays & Travelogues - Travel | United States - South - General - History | United States - 19th Century |
| Dewey: 917.3 |
| Series: Cambridge Library Collection - North American History |
| Physical Information: 0.94" H x 6" W x 9" (1.36 lbs) 424 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Chronological Period - 1800-1850 - Cultural Region - South |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |