A Clearing in the Distance

A Clearing in the Distance

" A Clearing in the Distance: Frederick Law Olmsted and North America in the Nineteenth Century " is a book published in 1999 by Canadian architect, professor and writer Witold Rybczynski.

It was short-listed for the Charles Taylor Prize in 2000. "A Clearing in the Distance" is a biography of 19th century landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted.


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