"A first-rate introduction to a still largely extant North America away from the great cities.
In the process he has sharpened the reader\'s.
John Stilgoe has provided us with a panorama of American land development that is unique in the literature of this filed.
This 400-page documentary by a dedicated exploring scholar explains how and why the Landscape changed between the times of the early Spanish settlers and the impact of industrialization."-- House and Garden "A remarkable book. "A first-rate introduction to a still largely extant North America away from the great cities