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The Wildest Place on Earth: Italian Gardens and the Invention of Wilderness
The Wildest Place on Earth Italian Gardens and the Invention of Wilderness
Author: John Hanson Mitchell
This is the ironic story of how Italian Renaissance and Baroque gardens encouraged the preservation of the American wilderness and ultimately fostered the creation of the world?s first national park system. Told via Mitchell?s sometimes disastrous and humorous travels?from the gardens of southern Italy up through Tuscany and the lake island gard...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781611687200
ISBN-10: 1611687209
Publication Date: 5/5/2015
Pages: 216
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Publisher: UPNE
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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Mitchell's discussion of gardens expands his thinking about landscapes in Eastern Massachusetts to the old world of gardening in Italy and some history of garden design. While very personal in his approach, interweaving history with details from his own life, the book is still quite abstract.


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