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A01=Elizabeth Mitchell
Author_Elizabeth Mitchell
Category1=Non-Fiction
Category=NL-HB
COP=United States
Discount=15
Format=BB
Format_Hardback
HMM=229
IMPN=Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
ISBN13=9780802122575
Language_English
PA=Temporarily unavailable
PD=20140717
POP=New York
Price_€20 to €50
PS=Active
PUB=Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
SMM=38
Subject=History
WG=612
WMM=152

Liberty''s Torch: The Great Adventure to Build the Statue of Liberty

Hardback | English

By (author): Elizabeth Mitchell

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 now Liberty''s Torch reveals how she was in fact the pet project of one quixotic and visionary French sculptor, Fr d ric 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. A young sculptor inspired by a trip to Egypt where he saw the pyramids and Sphinx, he traveled to America, carrying with him the idea of a colossal statue of a woman. There he enlisted the help of notable people of the age - including Ulysses S. Grant, Joseph Pulitzer, Victor Hugo, Gustave Eiffel, and Thomas Edison - to help his scheme. He also came up with inventive ideas to raise money, including exhibiting the torch at the Phildaelphia world''s fair and charging people to climb up inside. While the French and American governments dithered, Bartholdi made the statue a reality by his own entrepreneurship, vision, and determination. See more
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Product Details
  • Format: Hardback
  • Weight: 612g
  • Dimensions: 152 x 229 x 38mm
  • Publication Date: 17 Jul 2014
  • Publisher: Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
  • Publication City/Country: New York, United States
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9780802122575
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