Title
Liberty's torch : the great adventure to build the Statue of Liberty / Elizabeth Mitchell.
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780802122575
9780802192554 (e-book)
Published
New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, [2014]
Copyright
©2014
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xv, 310 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations.
Call Number
F128.64.L6 .M57 2014
Dewey Decimal Classification
974.7/1
Summary
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.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-310).
Access Note
Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description
Description based on print version record.
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.
