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The public-spirited Beatrix Farrand of Mount Desert Island / Roxanne Brouse.
Author
Brouse, Roxanne S.
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Format
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Language
English
Published/Created
[Mount Desert, Maine] : Beatrix Farrand Society Press, [2016]
©2016
Description
127 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 29 cm
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Architecture Library - Stacks
SB470.F37 B75 2016
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Landscape architects
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Maine
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Landscape architecture
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Maine
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Acadia National Park (Me.)
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Farrand, Beatrix 1872-1959
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Rockefeller, John D. Jr. (John Davison) 1874-1960
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Issuing body
Beatrix Farrand Society
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Notes
"Published in honor of the 100th Anniversary of Acadia National Park".
Illustrations on endpapers.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (page 127).
Language note
Text in English.
Contents
The collaboration. Farrand and Rockefeller ; Farrand and the Millers
The roadside landscape. Farrand's approach ; Vistas near and far ; Coping stones ; "Pet plants" ; Natural and cultural history ; The nuseries ; Forestry work
The specifics. Hull's Cove and Paradise Hill roads ; Aunt Betty's pond, Southwest Valley Road and Jordan-Sargent Mountain Road ; Eagle Lake road ; Motor road planting ; Gate lodges ; Beaver Pool ; Stone bridges
The legacy. The 1947 fire ; Conclusion ; Epilogue
Appendix. Transcribed road notes ; Transcribed planting reports ; Selected letters ; Vista study map ; Map of 1947 fire ; Plant map ; Plant list.
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ISBN
9780692754382
0692754385
OCLC
965384872
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