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The Power of Scenery: Frederick Law Olmsted and the Origin of National Parks

By Dennis Drabelle
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By Dennis Drabelle
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Wallace Stegner called national parks "the best idea we ever had." But where did the idea originate? Before Yellowstone, with nothing to put up against Europe's cultural pearls--its cathedrals, castles, and museums--Americans came to realize that their plenitude of natural wonders might compensate for the dearth of manmade attractions. That insight guided the great landscape architect Frederick ...

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