__________________________________________________________ Scott W. Berg
Author
Grand Avenues: The Story of Pierre Charles L'Enfant, the French Visionary Who Designed Washington, D.C Author of Grand Avenues: The Story of Pierre Charles L'Enfant, the French Visionary Who Designed Washington, D.C., Scott teaches nonfiction writing and literature at George Mason University. Scott has written various articles for the Washington Post, including a feature on Pierre Charles L'enfant out of which Grand Avenues developed. Scott speaks regularly about the origins and plans of Washington D.C to audiences throughout the nation.
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Reviews for Grand Avenues
"The life of L'Enfant has long needed a lively, thorough, fair-minded accounting, and this is precisely what it gets in Grand Avenues. Scott W. Berg . . . has gifts for narrative exposition and vivid description, which serve him well throughout . . . Berg tells the story with appealing empathy and comes to a rousing -- and proper --conclusion: L'Enfant's plan was "the first great artistic achievement that could truly be called 'American.' " Benjamin Forgey, Washington Post Book World, cover review
"A lively and literate view of Washington's early history, with liberal dashes of intrigue for good measure." Kirkus Reviews
"A story not just of a frenzied urban endeavor but a model for historical biography." The New York Sun |
