Main entry:

Roper, Laura Wood, 1911-2003.

Title & Author:

FLO : a biography of Frederick Law Olmsted / Laura Wood Roper.

Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [1973]

Description:

xvii, 555 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
I. Youth and schooling (1822-1840) -- II. Seafaring (May 1840-April 1844) -- III. Scattered enthusiasms (April 1844-November 1846) -- IV. Farming at Sachem's Head (December 1846-March 1848) -- V. Farming on Staten Island (March 1848-April 1850) -- VI. England (April-October 1850) -- VII. Farmer into writer (November 1850-November 1852) -- VIII. Travels in the South (December 1852-April 1854) -- IX. Journalism and free-soil (June 1854-April 1855) -- X. The "Literary Republic" (May 1855-August 1857) -- XI. Opportunity seized (August-November 1857) -- XII. The competition and the prize (December 1857-June 1859) -- XIII. Central Park, the public, and politics (June 1859-February 1861) -- XIV. Civil War and the search for a mission (February-July 1861) -- XV. The Sanitary Commission launched (July-October 1861) -- XVI. Some failures, some successes (October 1861-April 1862) -- XVII. Hospital transports (March-July 1862) -- XVIII. The secretary best (August 1862-February 1863) -- XIX. The secretary at the siege of Vicksburg (February-March 1863) -- XX. Battles and a new prospect (March-August 1863) -- XXI. Mariposa: moderate expectations (August-October 1863) -- XXII. Barbarism and civilization -- XXIII. The mines and the scenery (October 1863-September 1864) -- XXIV. Yosemite reserved, Mariposa in ruins (September 1864-October 1865) -- XXV. Politics and the Nation (December 1865-November 1866) -- XXVI. Four reports (1866) -- XXVII. New parks, new suburbs (1868-1872) -- XXVIII. Shaping a profession: end of a partnership (1871-1873) -- XXIX. Friction and dismissal (1873-1878) -- XXX. Two capitols; Niagara (1878-1881) -- XXXI. Brookline; Niagara; the state of landscape architecture (1881-1888) -- XXXII. Stanford University; Biltmore Estate (1886-1890) -- XXXIII. The Chicago Fair; England (1890-1892) -- XXXIV. Summit (1892-1895) -- XXXV. Decent (1895-1903) -- Afterword -- Appendix A: The Biltmore Arboretum -- Appendix B. Mary.
Also issued online.

Summary:

This biography examines the life and works of Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903). Olmstead was an innovative architect who designed some of America's most beloved parks and landscapes, including New York's Central Park, Brooklyn's Prospect Park, the U.S. Capitol grounds, and the Biltmore Estate.

ISBN:

0801815088
9780801815089
0801830184
9780801830181

Subject:

Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903.
Olmsted, Frederick Law.
Landscape architecture United States.
Architecture as Topic
Architecture du paysage États-Unis.
Landscape architecture
Landscape architects United States Biography.
United States
Landscape design Olmsted, Frederick Law United States. Biographies
biographies
History (General)
Geschiedenis (algemeen)

Form/genre:

Biography
Biographies.
Writings.
Correspondence.
Books.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 150645
Call No.: NA44.O51.9 R6 1973
Copy: copy 1
Status: Available