Mr. Rockefeller's Roads: The Untold Story of Acadia's Carriage Roads and Their Creator [Paperback]

Ann Rockefeller Roberts (Author), Janet Patterson (Designer)

Product Details

• Paperback: 184 pages
• Publisher: Down East Books; 1st edition (November 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0892722967
• ISBN-13: 978-0892722969
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,405,405 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Registered Landscape Architect, January 13, 2000

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Debra A. Kirkpatrick - Kreps (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mr. Rockefeller's Roads: The Untold Story of Acadia's Carriage Roads and Their Creator (Paperback)

A beautiful book evoking imagery of a time past that had been very instrumental in inspiring and providing access to America's love and appeciation of nature. In this book we are shown how these roads led us to our collective love of natural beauty in America - literally and metaphorically - in an historically accurate and academic work by the author whose love of these roads in Acadia and of nature's wonders in general are delightfully evident. Exquisite photographs!

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Boy In JDR Jr., August 30, 2010

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Charles Wenzel "Sold Out For Truth" (EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP, NEW JERSEY, US) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mr. Rockefeller's Roads: The Untold Story of Acadia's Carriage Roads & Their Creator (Paperback)

We went to Acadia some 10 years ago on a whim. My imagination has been on "go" ever since. I just read this book and fell in love all over again. What a simple and beautifully told story. I saw the man as a man who made his dream a reality, and shared it with the world: to our benefit. It was a better time when civility was the norm and lust wasn't man's focus. To me this was a spiritual book as well as an historical look. Rockerfeller's Hobbit-like roads are a peek into his Hobbit-like love of God's creation: which JDR Jr. knew nature to be.
If you could live your child-like dream, would it make the world a better place? JDR Jr's did.