An edition of Liberty's torch
(2014)
Liberty's torch
the great adventure to build the Statue of Liberty
First edition.
by Mitchell, Elizabeth
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The Statue of Liberty is one of the most recognizable monuments in the world, a powerful symbol of freedom and the American dream. For decades, the myth has persisted that the statue was a grand gift from France, but Mitchell reveals how she was in fact the pet project of one quixotic and visionary French sculptor, Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi. Bartholdi not only forged this 151-foot-tall colossus in a workshop in Paris and transported her across the ocean, but battled to raise money for the statue and make her a reality.
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Liberty's torch: the great adventure to build the Statue of Liberty
2014, Atlantic Monthly Press
in English
- First edition.
0802122574 9780802122575
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Table of Contents
Prologue
The idea. Our hero emerges from the clay ; Bartholdi down the Black Nile ; The Khedive refuses ; War and Garibaldi ; Paris in rubble
The gamble. America, the bewildering ; The workshop of the giant hand ; Making a spectacle ; Eiffel props the giantess ; The engineer and the newspaperman ; The blessing ; Liberty sets sail ; Pulitzer's army and other helpers
The triumph. Liberty unveiled
Epilogue.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-310).
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