Download or read book FLO: A Biography of Frederick Law Olmsted written by Laura Wood Roper and published by Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press. This book was released on 1973 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this definitive biography of the 'father of landscape architecture, ' Laura Wood Roper captures the full range of Omsted's contributions to American thought and institutions as well as to its landscape.