John Tschirch is an architectural historian, writer, and teacher whose latest books include America’s Eden: Newport Landscapes through the Ages (2022) and Newport: The Artful City (2020). His thirty-year career in the preservation and study of historic landmarks and landscapes has led him on treks to French chateaux, English castles, Italian villas, Austrian palaces, Croatian fortresses, Argentinian mansions, and the Gilded Age houses of America. He has lectured globally on architecture, landscapes and historic cities.