Author: Sears, John and John E. Auwaerter
Title: Fdr and the Land: Roosevelt Estate Historic Resource Study: Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site
Description: Boston, Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation, National Park Service, 2011. Paperback. Green wraps with bw illustration and black lettering; xvi, 424 pp; bw and color illustrations and maps, some folded. "The home of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt's Val-Kill, and FDR's retirement retreat Top Cottage are all extraordinary places that embrace a truly remarkable legacy of land stewardship. They embody FDR's special relationship with his family estate, a fascinating story that helped set the stage for conservation programs he launched across the nation. This Historic Resource Study tells that story fully for the first time."--Foreword. Contents include: FDR and forestry : private passion, public policy / John F. Sears -- Country place and tree farm : land-use history of the Roosevelt Estate / John E. Auwaerte. VG (ex-library with labels and stamps on spine, block, inside front and rear covers and title page verso. Light shelfwear but pages are clean and clear.) .

Keywords: Natural History ; New York Historic Sites; Tree Farms ; ;