Lady Liberty
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A powerfully moving, authentic portrait of the Statue of Liberty, told through the eyes of those who created her and illustrated in glorious detail.
"Soon America will be one hundred years old. I share my dream of a birthday gift."
It begins in 1865 as a romantic idea, but ten years later Édouard Laboulaye’s dream catches fire and takes shape. Sculptor Auguste Bartholdi gives the dream the form of a lady, holding a torch to "enlighten the world." Engineers, plasterers, carpenters, coppersmiths — many of them immigrants — work together to turn the lady into a monument over 100 feet tall. Joseph Pulitzer calls on readers to help fund a pedestal, and hundreds send in nickels, dimes, and even roosters for the cause. Doreen Rappaport’s historically accurate, poetic vignettes and Matt Tavares’s magnificent images remind us of the true origins of a national symbol — and show that it took a lot of people to make the Lady.
Lady Liberty
By Doreen Rappaport, Matt Tavares
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"Soon America will be one hundred years old. I share my dream of a birthday gift."
It begins in 1865 as a romantic idea, but ten years later Édouard Laboulaye’s dream catches fire and takes shape. Sculptor Auguste Bartholdi gives the dream the form of a lady, holding a torch to "enlighten the world." Engineers, plasterers, carpenters, coppersmiths — many of them immigrants — work together to turn the lady into a monument over 100 feet tall. Joseph Pulitzer calls on readers to help fund a pedestal, and hundreds send in nickels, dimes, and even roosters for the cause. Doreen Rappaport’s historically accurate, poetic vignettes and Matt Tavares’s magnificent images remind us of the true origins of a national symbol — and show that it took a lot of people to make the Lady.
ISBN
9780763625306
Pages
40 pages
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Published
Jan 1, 2008
Language
en
Cover type
Hardcover
Book details
- Authors
- Doreen Rappaport, Matt Tavares
- ISBN
- 9780763625306
- Publisher
- Candlewick Press
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Published
- Jan 1, 2008
- Publication year
- 2008
- Pages
- 40
- Dimensions
- 12.1 in × 0.48 in × 10.16 in
- Language
- en
- Categories
- Juvenile NonfictionHistoryUnited States19th CenturyBiography & AutobiographyHistoricalSymbols, Monuments, National Parks, etc