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Author:

McCabe, Robert A., 1934-

Title:

The ramble in Central Park : a wilderness west of Fifth / [photographs by] Robert A. McCabe ; [text by] Regina Alvarez ... [et al.].

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Abbeville Press,

Copyright Date:

c2011

Description:

152 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 26 cm.

Subject:

Natural history--New York.--New York.
Wildlife photography--New York.--New York.
Central Park (New York, N.Y.)--Pictorial works.

Notes:

Includes index.

Contents:

Wood thrushes in the Ramble / Marie Winn -- Robert Moses & the battle of of the Ramble / E.B. White and C. Stevens -- East : the picturesquely romantic Ramble / Elizabeth Barlow Rogers -- South : the birds of the Ramble / Cal Vornberger -- Gill Creek Valley : the plants of the Ramble / Regina Alvarez -- West : the rocks of the Ramble / Sidney Horenstein.

Summary:

"A photographic tribute to The Ramble, the untamed "wild garden" of Central Park in New York City. The book is primarily organized by four walks, supplemented by one large map by Christopher Kaeser of the entire area and four close-ups of each area. The text is a series of essays by writers including The New Yorker's E. B. White and C. Stevens"--Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0789210916 (hardback)
9780789210913 (hardback) :

OCLC:

(OCoLC)659768832

LCCN:

2010048855

Locations:

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)