Landscapes and Writings of Harold Caparn

This is the first book published on Harold Caparn. It traces his education in horticulture and architecture in England and in Paris. It follows him to America in 1889 and his work for a nurseryman and landscape gardener in Pittsburgh. It describes the major works he accomplished from his own solo office during the first four decades of the Twentieth Century. It explores in his own words his influential ideas about city, state and national parks and especially the informal style of landscape architecture.