A Clearing in the Distance: Frederick Law Olmsted and North America in the Nineteenth Century is a biography of 19th-century landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, published in 1999, by Canadian architect, professor and writer Witold Rybczynski. Andrew Delbanco reviewed it for The New York Review of Books.[1] Suzannah Lessard reviewed it for The New York Times.[2]
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| Author | Witold Rybczynski |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Subject | Biography |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Publisher | Scribner |
| Publication date | 1999 |
| Pages | 480 |
| ISBN | 9780684824635 |
It was short-listed for the Charles Taylor Prize in 2000.[3]
References
edit- ↑ "Sunday in the Park with Fred", January 20, 2000.
- ↑ "Scape Artist", June 13, 1999.
- ↑ Posner, Michael. "A winning bard of the Rock". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
External links
edit- Presentation by Rybczynski on A Clearing in the Distance, 12 May 1999
- Booknotes interview with Rybczynski on A Clearing in the Distance, 17 October 1999.
- Text of the first chapter
- Preview at Internet Archive
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