Lady Liberty: Candlewick Biographies - Rappaport, Doreen
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"Tributes to the Statue of Liberty abound, but this one stands out for its unusual approach and powerful illustrations."-Kirkus Reviews (starred review) It begins in 1865 as a romantic idea, but ten years later Édouard Laboulaye's dream catches fire. Sculptor Auguste Bartholdi gives the dream the form of a lady, holding a torch to "enlighten the world." Engineers, plasterers, carpenters, and coppersmiths work together to turn the lady into a monument more than 100 feet tall. Doreen Rappaport's poetic vignettes and Matt Tavares's magnificent images remind us of the origins of a national symbol-and show that it took a lot of people to make the Lady.…mehr

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"Tributes to the Statue of Liberty abound, but this one stands out for its unusual approach and powerful illustrations."-Kirkus Reviews (starred review) It begins in 1865 as a romantic idea, but ten years later Édouard Laboulaye's dream catches fire. Sculptor Auguste Bartholdi gives the dream the form of a lady, holding a torch to "enlighten the world." Engineers, plasterers, carpenters, and coppersmiths work together to turn the lady into a monument more than 100 feet tall. Doreen Rappaport's poetic vignettes and Matt Tavares's magnificent images remind us of the origins of a national symbol-and show that it took a lot of people to make the Lady.
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