The Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Grove of Big Trees: A Preliminary Report, 1865 - Softcover

9780939666690: The Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Grove of Big Trees: A Preliminary Report, 1865
View all copies of this ISBN edition:
 
 
When Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan visited Yosemite National Park, they both called out Fredrick Law Olmsted as a major influence and inspiration for their documentary film, "The National Parks: America’s Best Idea." To celebrate Mr. Olmsted and his contributions to our National Parks, the Yosemite Conservancy, in partnership with Heyday Books, has reprinted Yosemite and the Mariposa Grove: A Preliminary Report, 1865” with a new foreword by Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns. This seminal book is a must read for anyone interested in the National Parks and our public lands. The first eloquent expression of the need for conservation in 1865 is found in this remarkable and prescient report by Frederick Law Olmsted. No statement since has been so cogent or powerful. Pristine natural landscapes, Olmsted observed, provide people with refreshing rest and re-invigoration.” They are good perhaps essential for the soul. Which is why, he noted, that from time immemorial they have most often become the exclusive domain of any society’s most privileged classes, a monopoly, in a very peculiar manner, of a very few, very rich people.” Olmsted believed a great democracy had a greater obligation: to provide means of protection for all its citizens in the pursuit of happiness.” That meant, he argued, that the establishment by government of great public grounds for the free enjoyment of the people . . . is thus justified and enforced as a political duty.” Olmsted gave additional reasons for creating public parks, including that they are undeniably good for the local, state, and national economy because of the tourist business they engender. His report also included practical advice about building roads and shelters, as well as instituting regulations to zealously protect the dignity of the scenery.” All of his points are as pertinent today as they were when he first read them to his fellow Yosemite commissioners nearly 150 years ago. But in deliberately borrowing from our nation’s founding document, which proclaims that the pursuit of happiness” is among the inalienable rights of every human being, and in attaching that notion to why Yosemite (or any other future park) should not be allowed to become a rich man’s park,” Olmsted infused the national park idea with its most enduring principle.”

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

About the Author:
Frederick Law Olmsted was the co-designer of Central Park in New York City who served as manager of John C. Fremont's Mariposa Estate in California.

Victoria Post Ranney is the editor of Volume 5 of The Papers of Frederic Law Olmsted entitled "The California Frontier, 1863-64" (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1990). A graduate of Radcliffe College at Harvard University, she also studied at the University of Chicago.

Wayne Thiebaud is a leading American painter known for his use of thickly applied paint in representing colorful variations of food items and other objects. His works are represented in major collections including the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Library of Congress.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

  • PublisherYosemite Conservancy
  • Publication date1995
  • ISBN 10 0939666693
  • ISBN 13 9780939666690
  • BindingPaperback
  • Number of pages44
  • Rating

Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace

Stock Image

Olmsted, Frederick Law
Published by Yosemite Conservancy (1995)
ISBN 10: 0939666693 ISBN 13: 9780939666690
New Paperback Quantity: 1
Seller:
Wizard Books
(Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.)

Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. New. Seller Inventory # Wizard0939666693

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 52.17
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: US$ 3.50
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Olmsted, Frederick Law
Published by Yosemite Conservancy (1995)
ISBN 10: 0939666693 ISBN 13: 9780939666690
New Paperback Quantity: 1
Seller:
GoldenWavesOfBooks
(Fayetteville, TX, U.S.A.)

Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. New. Fast Shipping and good customer service. Seller Inventory # Holz_New_0939666693

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 99.79
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: US$ 4.00
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Olmsted, Frederick Law
Published by Yosemite Conservancy (1995)
ISBN 10: 0939666693 ISBN 13: 9780939666690
New Softcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
Front Cover Books
(Denver, CO, U.S.A.)

Book Description Condition: new. Seller Inventory # FrontCover0939666693

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 102.92
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: US$ 4.30
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Olmsted, Frederick Law
Published by Yosemite Conservancy (1995)
ISBN 10: 0939666693 ISBN 13: 9780939666690
New Paperback Quantity: 1
Seller:
GoldBooks
(Austin, TX, U.S.A.)

Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed. Seller Inventory # think0939666693

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 103.34
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: US$ 4.25
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Olmsted, Frederick Law
Published by Yosemite Conservancy (1995)
ISBN 10: 0939666693 ISBN 13: 9780939666690
New Paperback Quantity: 1
Seller:
Save With Sam
(North Miami, FL, U.S.A.)

Book Description Paperback. Condition: New. Brand New!. Seller Inventory # VIB0939666693

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 116.26
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: FREE
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds