Belle Isle: After One Year (1884) is a book written by Frederick Law Olmsted, an American landscape architect and writer. The book is a detailed account of Olmsted's experience designing and implementing a park on Belle Isle, an island in the Detroit River. Olmsted was hired by the city of Detroit in 1883 to transform the island into a public park, and his work on Belle Isle is considered one of his most significant achievements.In Belle Isle: After...