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Article: "National Parks from an Architect's Sketchbook".(Southwest Destination Guide)(Brief Article)(Advertisement)
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- National Parks
- Article date:
- September 22, 2004
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2004 National Parks Conservation Association. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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In this recently published book, John Rolf Hattam honors a group of individuals rarely given credit for a part in preserving national parks--artists. Works of Benjamin Latrobe, Frederick Church, John Henry Hill, Alfred Miller and Thomas Moran, influenced politicians and the public towards park creation.
These early graphic historians traveled on foot or horseback and worked under severe ...