Reviews
Like previous volumes, The Early Boston Years is a comprehensive compilation of design proposals, project reports, personal and professional letters, miscellaneous writings, and numerous illustrations — all diligently contextualized by the editors' extensive footnotes... It and the other volumes are absolutely crucial to understanding both the history of American landscape and the extent to which Olmsted helped to shape it.
Olmsted the man belongs to his own time, but his work and words continue to have meaning today... The editors are preserving a life and work instructive for the future as well as the past.
Once again, the editors of the Olmsted Papers have collected a treasure ripe for looting.
A major contribution to American letters, an important step in the documentation of this American genius.
Book Details
Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Editorial Policy
Short Titles Used in Citations
Chapter 1. April 1882-July 1883
Chapter 2. august 1883-September 1884
Chapter 3. September 1884-December 1885
Chapter
Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Editorial Policy
Short Titles Used in Citations
Chapter 1. April 1882-July 1883
Chapter 2. august 1883-September 1884
Chapter 3. September 1884-December 1885
Chapter 4. February 1886-August 1886
Chapter 5. October 1886-June 1887
Chapter 6. June 1887-December 1887
Chapter 7. December 1887-August 1888
Chapter 8. August 1888-February 1889
Chapter 9. February 1889-April 1889
Chapter 10. May 1889-August 1889
Chapter 11. August 1889-March 1890
Appendix 1. Chronology of Frederick Law Olmsted, 1882-1890
Appendix 2. List of Textual Alterations
Index of Plant materials
General Index