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245 10 a| Liberty's torchh| [electronic resource] :b| the great adventure to build the Statue of Liberty /c| Elizabeth Mitchell.;

250 a| First edition.;

260 a| New York :b| Atlantic Monthly Press,c| [2014];

300 a| xv, 310 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :b| illustrations ;c| 24 cm;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-310).;

505 0 a| 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.;

506 a| Available only to authorized users.;

520 a| 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 / Elizabeth Mitchell.

Author/creator	Mitchell, Elizabeth, 1966-
Format	Electronic
Edition	First edition.
Publication Info	New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, [2014]
Description	xv, 310 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects	Bartholdi, Frédéric Auguste, 1834-1904. Statue of Liberty (New York, N.Y.)--History. New York (N.Y.)--Buildings, structures, etc. --History.

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.
Abstract	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 note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-310).
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2015300783
ISBN	9780802122575
ISBN	0802122574

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