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...prosperous Connecticut merchant-his ancestors had immigrated to America in the early 17th century-Olmsted was a capable writer, and his thoughtful, closely researched books on conditions in the South were acclaimed as the best record of the slave society that had been written before the Civil War. He farmed too, and dabbled (with disastrous results to his purse) in publishing. His career as a planner and designer spanned more than a generation, from his appointment in 1857, at age 35, as the superintendent of an as yet undesigned Central Park to his retirement in 1895. Throughout, Olmsted was known...
...words are Cooke's, the real narrator is the camera, which records not only the natural and man-made beauty of America but also much of its human ugliness. (In an upcoming episode, the camera glides behind the porticoes of the ante-bellum South to visit the slave quarters, making its point more vividly than words could...
...volume skillfully examines the story of American expansion in all its derring-do, spectacular accomplishment and folly, from the chartered firms that settled the first colonies to Henry Ford's revolution on wheels. A very unblinking assessment in the earlier stages-there is a grim account of a slave voyage told through its expense files-the book offers only a fairly cleaned-up version of more recent entrepreneurial villainy. Recommended especially to readers interested in keeping up with the Dow Joneses...
Your statement about the side-by-side burial of the general and his mistress raises an interesting point. The fact is that some slaves wanted to be buried close to their white families, and in many instances it was done. One Mississippian told me that in his family plot there is one slave's grave now completely surrounded by the family. All of this came about because masters and slaves sometimes developed a deep sense of affection and loyalty not depending necessarily upon an adulterous relationship...
...possible leader of the government, even though he cannot legally run for President. "I am not a dictator, as some say," he told reporters. "But if the Peronist movement, that is, the Argentine people, ask me to be a candidate for President, I will agree. I am a slave of the people...