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Author Drabelle, Dennis, author.

Title The power of scenery : Frederick Law Olmsted and the origin of national parks / Dennis Drabelle.

Publication Info. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2021]

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  917.3 DRABELLE    Check Shelf
 Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Adult Department  917.3 DRA    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  363.6 DRA    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  508.092 DRABELLE    Check Shelf
 Simsbury Public Library - Non Fiction  363.6 DRABELLE    Check Shelf
Description xix, 242 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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.
Subject 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.
United States -- Environmental conditions -- 19th century.
HISTORY / United States / 19th Century.
NATURE / Environmental Conservation & Protection.
Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903. (OCoLC)fst00030137
Conservationists. (OCoLC)fst00875578
Ecology. (OCoLC)fst00901476
National parks and reserves. (OCoLC)fst01033642
California -- Yosemite National Park. (OCoLC)fst01308988
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
United States -- Yellowstone National Park. (OCoLC)fst01285604
Chronological Term 1800-1899
Genre/Form Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN 9781496220776 hardcover
1496220773 hardcover
9781496230133 electronic book
9781496230140 electronic book
Sudoc No. U5002 T733 -2021 nbdocs
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