Wilderness by Design: Landscape Architecture and the National Park Service

by Ethan Carr

Tracing the history of landscape park design from British gardens up through the city park designs of Frederick Law Olmsted, Ethan Carr places national park landscape architecture within a larger historical context. Despite the difficulties now confronting the parks, their continued ability to attract millions of visitors suggests that their creators succeeded in presenting a captivating vision of a once-wild America.

Genres: Preservation

378 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1998