Walks And Talks Of An American Farmer In England

by Frederick Law Olmsted, Charles C McLaughlin (Introduction)

Before becoming a landscape architect, Frederick Law Olmsted (1822–1903) visited southern England and Wales during a month-long walking tour, recording his impressions in this richly detailed volume. Charles C. McLaughlin's introduction clarifies the links between Olmsted's developing picturesque aesthetic, social conscience, and reformer's passion for change, and persuasively argues that Olmsted came to adapt many of the features of the cultivated English countryside in designed landscapes such as New York's Central Park.

Genres: Memoir, Nature, History, Travel

592 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1859

About the author

Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903)

Reviews

[Doug Noffsinger · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed the glimpse into 19th century England, but it was hard to read!