The Power of Scenery tells the story of how the world’s national parks came to be, with Frederick Law Olmsted’s insights and energy serving to link three American jewels: Yosemite National Park, Yellowstone National Park, and Niagara Falls State Park.
The Power of Scenery tells the story of how the world’s national parks came to be, with Frederick Law Olmsted’s insights and energy serving to link three American jewels: Yosemite National Park, Yellowstone National Park, and Niagara Falls State Park.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Dennis Drabelle is a writer and former attorney. During the 1970s he was an attorney-adviser at the U.S. Department of the Interior and counsel to the assistant secretary of the interior for fish and wildlife and parks. Drabelle was a contributing editor of the Washington Post Book World for more than thirty years. His books include Mile High Fever: Silver Mines, Boom Towns, and High Living on the Comstock Lode and The Great American Railroad War: How Ambrose Bierce and Frank Norris Took on the Notorious Central Pacific Railroad. His articles on the environment and national parks have appeared in Outside, Smithsonian, Sierra, Wilderness, Backpacker, and many other magazines.
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List of Photographs Preface Acknowledgments Introduction 1. You Can Have the Arno 2. Land of the Free and Home of the Sublime 3. The Counterexample 4. An Idea in Embryo 5. The Landscape Reader 6. How to Sell a Park Bill 7. In Praise of Diligent Indolence 8. The Nervous Promoter 9. Contested Ground 10. Whiffs of Sulfur 11. The Man Who Picked Up Stones Running 12. Saving Gravel 13. A Shaky Start 14. Cleaning Men 15. Going Out with Two Bangs 16. The Olmsteds Notes Index
List of Photographs Preface Acknowledgments Introduction 1. You Can Have the Arno 2. Land of the Free and Home of the Sublime 3. The Counterexample 4. An Idea in Embryo 5. The Landscape Reader 6. How to Sell a Park Bill 7. In Praise of Diligent Indolence 8. The Nervous Promoter 9. Contested Ground 10. Whiffs of Sulfur 11. The Man Who Picked Up Stones Running 12. Saving Gravel 13. A Shaky Start 14. Cleaning Men 15. Going Out with Two Bangs 16. The Olmsteds Notes Index
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