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	A Journey through Texas: Or a Saddle-Trip on the Southwestern Frontier 3.98 avg rating — 304 ratings — published 1857 — 75 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Cotton Kingdom: A Traveller's Observations On Cotton And Slavery In The American Slave States, 1853-1861 3.95 avg rating — 277 ratings — published 1861 — 139 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States 3.96 avg rating — 192 ratings — published 2007 — 89 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Civilizing American Cities: Writings on City Landscapes 3.57 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 1971 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Journey in the Back Country (1860) 3.67 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1970 — 78 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Grove of Big Trees: A Preliminary Report, 1865 by Frederick Law Olmsted, Dayton Duncan (Foreword), Ken Burns (Foreword) 4.23 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1995 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Writings on Landscape, Culture, and Society by Frederick Law Olmsted, Charles Beveridge (Editor) 3.93 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Frederick Law Olmsted: Essential Texts by Frederick Law Olmsted (Editor), Robert Twombly (Editor) 3.83 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Selections from The Cotton Kingdom by Frederick Law Olmsted (The Bedford Series in History and Culture) by Frederick Law Olmsted, John C. Inscoe 4.18 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Frederick Law Olmsted: Plans and Views of Public Parks by Frederick Law Olmsted, Charles E. Beveridge (Editor), Lauren Meier (Editor) 4.56 avg rating — 9 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Papers of Frederick Law Olmsted (12 books)
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“The possession of arbitrary power has always, the world over, tended irresistibly to destroy humane sensibility, magnanimity, and truth.”
― Frederick Law Olmsted

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“The creation of a landscape is the interplay between human intention and nature’s generosity, shaping spaces that tell stories and endure through time.”
― Frederick Law Olmsted, The Papers of Frederick Law Olmsted Volume 1: Writings on Public Parks, Parkways, and Park Systems [Supplementary Series, Volume I]

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“and slaves thus get a fictitious value like stocks “in a corner.”
― Frederick Law Olmsted, The Cotton Kingdom: A Traveller's Observations On Cotton And Slavery In The American Slave States, 1853-1861

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