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1st ed.

Lincoln : Bison Books, 2021

1 online resource (273 pages)

ISBN 9781496230140 (electronic bk.)

ISBN 9781496220776

Print version: Drabelle, Dennis The Power of Scenery Lincoln : Bison Books,c2021 ISBN 9781496220776

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- 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.

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..

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