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Olmsted and Yosemite : civil war, abolition, and the national park idea /

A different narrative of the founding of the national park system. For far too long, all the credit for the national parks has been vested with either mythic "rugged Western pioneers" or a "visionary" like John Muir or Theodore Roosevelt. It is time to revisit Olmsted's Yose...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Diamant, Rolf (Author), Carr, Ethan (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Amherst, Massachusetts : Library of American Landscape History, [2022].
Subjects:
Olmsted, Frederick Law, > 1822-1903.
National parks and reserves > United States > History.
Parks > New York (State) > New York > History.
Parks > California > Yosemite Valley > History.
Yosemite Valley (Calif.) > History.
Yosemite National Park (Calif.) > History.
Central Park (New York, N.Y.) > History.
National parks and reserves > United States.
Slavery > United States.

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Call Number: F868.Y6 D53 2022
 
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