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FLO, a biography of Frederick Law Olmsted
Laura Wood Roper-
Frontmatter
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Illustrations (page ix)
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Acknowledgments (page xi)
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Foreword (page xiii)
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A Note on the Citations (page xv)
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Key to Correspondents (page xvii)
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I. Youth and Schooling (page 1)
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II. Seafaring May I840-April 1844 (page 18)
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III. Scattered Enthusiasms April I844-November 1846 (page 35)
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IV. Farming at Sachem's Head December 1846-March 1848 (page 49)
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V. Farming on Staten Island March 1848-April 1850 (page 56)
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VI. England April-October 1850 (page 66)
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VII. Farmer into Writer November 1850-November 1852 (page 77)
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VIII. Travels in the South December 1852-April 1854 (page 86)
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IX. Journalism and Free-Soil June 1854-Apri1 1855 (page 99)
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X. The "Literary Republic" May 1855-August 1857 (page 109)
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XI. Opportunity Seized August-November 1857 (page 124)
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XII. The Competition and the Prize December 1857-June 1859 (page 135)
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XIII. Central Park, the Public, and Politics June 1859-February 1861 (page 143)
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XIV. Civil War and the Search for a Mission February-July 1861 (page 156)
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XV. The Sanitary Commission Launched July-October 1861 (page 168)
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XVI. Some Failures, Some Successes October 1861-April 1862 (page 178)
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XVII. Hospital Transports March-July 1862 (page 190)
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XVIII. The Secretary Beset August 1862-February 1863 (page 207)
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XIX The Secretary at the Siege of Vicksburg February-March 1863 (page 216)
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XX. Battles and a New Prospect March-August 1863 (page pagenumber)
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XXI. Mariposa: Moderate Expectations August-October 1863 (page 233)
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XXII. Barbarism and Civilization (page 244)
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XXIII. The Mines and the Scenery October 1863-September 1864 (page 258)
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XXIV. Yosemite Reserved, Mariposa in Ruins September I864-October 1865 (page 271)
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XXV. Politics and the Nation December I865-November 1866 (page 291)
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XXVI. Four Reports 1866 (page 303)
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XXVII. New Parks, New Suburbs 1868-1872 (page 317)
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XXVIII. Shaping a Profession; End of a Partnership 1871-1873 (page 332)
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XXIX. Friction and Dismissal 1873-1878 (page 344)
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XXX. Two Capitols; Niagara 1878-1881 (page 363)
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XXXI. Brookline; Niagara; the State of Landscape Architecture 1881-1888 (page 383)
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XXXII. Stanford University; Biltmore Estate 1886-1890 (page 406)
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XXXIII. The Chicago Fair; England 1890-1892 (page 425)
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XXXIV. Summit 1892-1895 (page 444)
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XXXV. Descent 1895-1903 (page 469)
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Afterword (page 475)
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Appendix A: The Biltmore Arboretum (page 477)
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Appendix B: Mary (page 478)
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Notes (page 479)
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Index (page 539)
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Published: 1983
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
- 9780801830181 (paper)