Wishinsky, Frieda.

The man who made parks : the story of parkbuilder Frederick Law Olmsted / Frieda Wishinsky ; illustrated by Song Nan Zhang. - 1st pbk. ed. - Plattsburgh, N.Y. : Tundra Books of Northern New York, 2009. - [32] p. : col. ill ; 26 cm.

A brief biography of nineteenth-century landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, who designed some of America's most famous parks, and was also responsible for the creation of the nation's first park systems.

5.9 Follett Library Resources. 3-6 Follett Library Resources.

0887769020 9780887769023 (pbk.)


Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903 --Juvenile literature.
Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903.
Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903.


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Landscape architecture--United States--Juvenile literature.
Parks--History--United States--Juvenile literature.
Landscape architects.
Landscape architecture.
Parks.
Landscape architects--Biography.
Landscape architecture.
Parks--History.


Central Park (New York, N.Y.)--History--Juvenile literature.
Central Park (New York, N.Y.)--History.
Central Park (New York, N.Y.)--History.

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