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Caroline Seebohm

Paradise on the Hudson

The Creation, Loss, and Revival of a Great American Garden

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In 1899, headline-grabbing New York attorney Samuel Untermyer purchased Greystone, a sizable estate on the banks of the Hudson River. By 1939, he had turned the grounds into one of the most extravagant gardens in the world. Only three decades later, the property had fallen into neglect and shrunk from 150 acres to 16—unrecognizable even as a garden, let alone a destination. Today, over a century after the amateur horticulturist’s Eden first bloomed, Untermyer’s gardens are being restored and the splendor is slowly taking shape again.   In Paradise on the Hudson, Caroline Seebohm brings to light the remarkable story of a larger-than-life figur… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-1-60469-857-2
  • EAN: 9781604698572
  • Produktnummer: 29692881
  • Verlag: Workman
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
  • Seitenangabe: 224 S.
  • Masse: H22.9 cm x B17.8 cm
  • Abbildungen: Hardback - With dust jacket; 114 color photos

Über den Autor


Caroline Seebohm is author of many books, including The Man Who Was Vogue, At Home with Books, Private Landscapes, Boca Rococo, No Regrets, and Rescuing Eden. She has also published two novels, The Last Romantics and The Innocents.  

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