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Lady Liberty: A Biography

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A powerfully moving, authentic portrait of the Statue of Liberty, told in the course of the eyes of individuals who created her and illustrated in glorious detail.

“Soon The usa will likely be one hundred years old. I share my dream of a birthday gift.”

It begins in 1865 as a romantic idea, but ten years later Édouard Laboulaye’s dream catches fire and takes shape. Sculptor Auguste Bartholdi gives the dream the type of a lady, holding a torch to “enlighten the world.” Engineers, plasterers, carpenters, coppersmiths — many of them immigrants — work together to turn the lady into a monument over 100 feet tall. Joseph Pulitzer calls on readers to lend a hand fund a pedestal, and hundreds send in nickels, dimes, or even roosters for the cause. Doreen Rappaport’s historically accurate, poetic vignettes and Matt Tavares’s magnificent images remind us of the real origins of a national symbol — and show that it took numerous people to make the Lady.
Back matter includes statue dimensions, a time line, an creator note, an illustrator note, sources, and suggestions for further reading.

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