New York's Central Park has captured the hearts of nature lovers the world over. Yet its meadows, brooks, and glens are man-made - and the man who made them was Frederick Law Olmstead. Here, in this short-form book by award-winning historian and journalist Walter Karp, is its surprising and seldom-told story.
New York's Central Park has captured the hearts of nature lovers the world over. Yet its meadows, brooks, and glens are man-made - and the man who made them was Frederick Law Olmstead. Here, in this short-form book by award-winning historian and journalist Walter Karp, is its surprising and seldom-told story.