Parks for the People: The Life of Frederick Law Olmsted
by:
Julie Dunlap (author)
When Frederick Law Olmsted entered a contest to design the nation's first city park, his winning design became New York's Central Park and forever changed our nation's cities. Using historic photographs and a school resource section, award-winning children's author Julie Dunlap brings Olmsted to...
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When Frederick Law Olmsted entered a contest to design the nation's first city park, his winning design became New York's Central Park and forever changed our nation's cities. Using historic photographs and a school resource section, award-winning children's author Julie Dunlap brings Olmsted to life in this biography of the United States' first landscape architect.Julie Dunlap is a freelance writer and researcher. Dunlap's books have been honored with a Teachers' Choice Award from Learning magazine, a Parents' Choice recommended selection, and a Junior Library Guild selection, among others.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781555914707 (1555914705)
Publisher: Fulcrum Publishing
Pages no: 112
Edition language: English
Parks for the People: The Life of Frederick Law Olmsted by Julie Dunlap Story is about Frederick as he grows up in cities and loves the country and plants.He is in a school where he stays til the summer months and he is so glad to get outside. His father then sets him up with a designer.He had many ...
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