Frederick Law Olmsted and the Boston Park System (Belknap Press)

Cynthia Zaitzevsky's book tells the story of a park system that was once perhaps the finest in the nation. This is a model of what such a book should be. It's full of scholarly history, yet readable and fresh, filled with illuminating maps and plans and with achingly lovely period photographs of the magical places Olmsted created out of what had previously been, so often, dreary wastelands.Cynthia Zaitzevsky is the author of 'Frederick Law Olmsted and the Boston Park System (Belknap Press)', published 1982 under ISBN 9780674318304 and ISBN 0674318307.