Indexed works
Works about or by Frederick Law Olmsted. Each links to the institution that holds or provides it. Background reading appears below.
Observations of an accidental farmer--and a mindful reader
Kavros, Harry · 2024 · Paul Dry Books
Harry Kavros's 2024 collection of essays and anecdotes about taking up farm life near Hillsborough, from the landscape to keeping chickens and other animals, alongside reflections on the South and on the writers who shaped his reading: Thoreau, Emerson, Aldo Leopold, Annie Dillard and Frederick Law Olmsted. Sections run from an introduction through 'The landscape', 'Chickens and other beasts' and 'The South' to an epilogue and appendix. First Paul Dry Books edition, Philadelphia.
Included because: Catalog heading in the NC State record: Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903 Influence.
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