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On April 28, 1858, municipal officials announced the winner of the design contest for a great new park for the people of New York City--Plan no. 33, "Greensward" by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux. Though the appropriated ground for what was to become Central Park was nothing more than a barren expanse occupied by squatters, in a matter of a few years, Olmsted turned the wasteland into a... Read more
Introduction to the Transaction Edition, Preface: A Search for Olmsted, Acknowledgments, I. A Boy in the Connecticut Woods, II. Idler, III. Sailor, IV. Company and Solitude, V. Scientific Farmer, VI. A Walk in England, VII. A Visit to Newburgh, VIII. Journeying South, IX. New York Streets and Texas Trails, X. The Back Country, XI. Yeoman: The Southern Writings, XII. Editor and Publisher, XIII. Greensward, XIV. The Boss of Central Park, XV. Secretary of the Sanitary Commission, XVI. The Chief of the Hospital Ships, XVII. The End of Olmsted's War, XVIII. Mariposa, XIX. Between Two Worlds, XX. A Wider Work, XXI. A Humane Life, XXII. Buffetings and Accomplishments, XXIII. Interlude, XXIV. Recovery, XXV. A Liberal Profession, XXVI. North, South, and West, XXVII. A Pisgah View, XXVIII. The End before the End, Notes, Selective Bibliography, Index
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