Wilderness by Design
Wilderness by Design

Author: Ethan Carr

Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

Published: 1999-01-01

Total Pages: 396

ISBN-13: 9780803263833

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Carr delves into the planning and motivations of the people who wanted to preserve America's scenic geography. He demonstrates that by drawing on historical antecedents, landscape architects and planners carefully crafted each addition to maintain maximum picturesque wonder. Tracing the history of landscape park design from British gardens up through the city park designs of Frederick Law Olmsted, Carr places national park landscape architecture within a larger historical context.

Building the National Parks
Building the National Parks

Author: Linda Flint McClelland

Publisher: JHU Press

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 652

ISBN-13: 9780801855832

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The Office of Strategic Services, the forerunner of the Central Intelligence Agency, was founded in 1942 by William 'Wild Bill' Donovan under the direction of President Roosevelt, who realized the need to improve intelligence during wartime. A rigorous recruitment process enlisted agents from both the armed services and civilians to produce operational groups specializing in different foreign areas including Italy, Norway, Yugoslavia and China. At its peak in 1944, the number of men and women working in the service totaled nearly 13,500. This intriguing story of the origins and development of the American espionage forces covers all of the different departments involved, with a particular emphasis on the courageous teams operating in the field. The volume is illustrated with many photographs, including images from the film director John Ford who led the OSS Photographic Unit and parachuted into Burma in 1943.

Sierra Stories
Sierra Stories

Author: Gary Noy

Publisher: Heyday Books

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 231

ISBN-13: 9781597142656

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Stories of characters who enlivened the SIERRA NEVADA and created the basis of many legends and tales. Features names and places of the formidable high country and lands adjoining

Inventing the Southwest
Inventing the Southwest

Author: Kathleen L. Howard

Publisher: Northland Publishing

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 172

ISBN-13:

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A heavily illustrated history & appreciation of the contribution of the Fred Harvey Company to the preservation and promotion of Indian art. Serves as the catalog of an exhibit--through April 1997-- at the Heard Museum in Phoenix. c. Book News Inc.