Grand Avenues: The Story of Pierre Charles l'Enfant, the French Visionary Who Designed Washington, D.C.

ISBN-13: 9781400076222 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 352 str.

Scott W. Berg

Opis

In 1791, shortly after the United States won its independence, George Washington personally asked Pierre Charles L Enfant a young French artisan turned American revolutionary soldier who gained many friends among the Founding Fathers to design the new nation's capital. L Enfant approached this task with unparalleled vigor and passion; however, his imperious and unyielding nature also made him many powerful enemies. After eleven months, Washington reluctantly dismissed L Enfant from the project. Subsequently, the plan for the city was published under another name, and L Enfant died long before it was rightfully attributed to him. Filled with incredible characters and passionate human drama, Scott W. Berg s deft narrative account of this little-explored story in American history is a tribute to the genius of Pierre Charles L'Enfant and the enduring city that is his legacy."