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Library of American
Landscape History
Saving America’s Great Historic Landscapes
The Papers of Frederick Law Olmsted
Volume 8: The Early Boston Years
1882–1890
Com munit y
by Design
The Olmsted Firm and
the Development of
Brookline, Massachusetts
Keith N. Morgan, Elizabeth Hope Cushing,
and Roger G. Reed
This beautifully illustrated book reveals the importance
of Brookline as a laboratory and model for the Olmsted
firm’s work. It also provides valuable new perspective
on the history of planning in the United States and the
coming of age of suburban development.
$39.95 cloth, 384 pp., 130 illus.
Published in October 2013
Visit www.olmstedpapers.org to pre-order!
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