Liberty's torch : : the great adventure to build the Statue of Liberty / / 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 Mitchell reveals how she was in fact the pet project of one quixotic and visionary...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York : : Atlantic Monthly Press,, [2014] 2014 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Edition: | First edition. |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 310 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) :; illustrations |
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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.