Author: VariousPublisher: Litres
ISBN: 5041431590
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 113
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The Bay State Monthly. Volume 2, No. 3, December, 1884
Author: VariousPublisher: Litres
ISBN: 5041431590
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 113
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The Bay State Monthly. Volume 2, No. 1, October, 1884
Author: VariousPublisher: Litres
ISBN: 5041627584
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 137
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The Bay State Monthly. Volume 2, No. 2, November, 1884
Author: VariousPublisher: Litres
ISBN: 5041431183
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 134
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Liberty's Torch
Author: Elizabeth MitchellPublisher: Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN: 0802192556
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
“Turns out that what you thought you knew about Lady Liberty is dead wrong. Learn the truth in this fascinating account.” —O, The Oprah Magazine 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 now Liberty’s Torch 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. A young sculptor inspired by a trip to Egypt where he saw the pyramids and Sphinx, he traveled to America, carrying with him the idea of a colossal statue of a woman. There he enlisted the help of notable people of the age—including Ulysses S. Grant, Joseph Pulitzer, Victor Hugo, Gustave Eiffel, and Thomas Edison—to help his scheme. He also came up with inventive ideas to raise money, including exhibiting the torch at the Philadelphia world’s fair and charging people to climb up inside. While the French and American governments dithered, Bartholdi made the statue a reality by his own entrepreneurship, vision, and determination. “By explaining Liberty’s tortured history and resurrecting Bartholdi’s indomitable spirit, Mitchell has done a great service. This is narrative history, well told. It is history that connects us to our past and—hopefully—to our future.” —Los Angeles Times
Catalogue of the Philatelic Library of the Earl of Crawford, K.T.
Author: James Ludovic Lindsay Earl of CrawfordPublisher: London : Philatelic Literature Society
ISBN:
Category : Postage stamps
Languages : en
Pages : 578
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Bibliotheca Lindesiana
Author: James Ludovic Lindsay Earl of CrawfordPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Postage stamps
Languages : en
Pages : 478
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The Bay State Monthly. Volume 1, No. 6, June, 1884
Author: VariousPublisher: Litres
ISBN: 5041431132
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 191
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The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2
Author: VariousPublisher: Litres
ISBN: 5041451818
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 165
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Supplementary Catalogue of the California State Library, General Department
Author: California State LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 1014
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Supplementary Catalogue
Author: California State LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 998
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