"An important addition to the sparse body of literature on the history of landscape architecture in America and... to the lack of good information on its pioneering practitioners... An invaluable book about a man of immense integrity and passion for both people and the environment... It should be required reading for the countless future students of landscape architecture." -- William Tishler, Landscape Journal

The collected essays, poetry, drawings, autobiographical writings, and correspondence of an enigmatic figure who guided and inspired a generation of landscape designers and architects.