Books by Elizabeth Stevenson

Babbitts and Bohemians is a fresh and informed account of the 1920s, a decade that seems almost mythical to some

On April 28, 1858, municipal officials announced the winner of the design contest for a great new park for the people of New York City--Plan no

Certain readers and critics have faulted Henry James for two contradictory reasons

Figures in a Western Landscape is an absolutely stunning book

The northern Rocky Mountains and adjacent high plains were the last American West. This book tells the history of the region through the lives of 16 men and women - each of whom left behind his or her own unique written record or oral history.

Many readers and critics have faulted Henry James for his treatment of certain classes of people and his complex description of relationships between his characters. Stevenson, on the contrary, depicts him as a stout and strong presence in the literature of the English language.

An account of the life of Frederick Law Olmsted. It features many of his landscape projects, including the Biltmore Estate, Prospect Park (Brooklyn), the capitol grounds in Washington DC, the Boston Park System, and more, tracing his early years and the events that formed his sensibilities.

This text looks at the life of the American writer Lafcadio Hearn, acclaimed for his macabre fiction, based on Japanese folklore. The book is as much about the writer as the man. It argues that his writings are not mere aids to the understanding of various cultures, but ends in themselves.