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Lady Liberty : an illustrated history of America's most storied woman

Dim, Joan Marans, author, Masi, Antonio., illustrator

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\"What began in 1865 in Glatigny, France, at a dinner party hosted by esteemed university professor âEdouard Renâe de Laboulaye and attended, among others, by a promising young sculptor, Frâedâeric Auguste Bartholdi, was the extravagant notion of creating and giving a monumental statue to America that celebrated the young nation's ideals. Bartholdi, and later civil engineer Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel, caught the spirit of the project and thus began the epic struggle to create, build, transport and pay for the monument. Although The Statue of Liberty was to be a gift from France, the cost of its creation was meant to be shared with America. To the Lady's creators and supporters, America offered liberty and the right to live one's life unencumbered, that is, without fear and with a rule of law and a government that derived its power from the consent of the people they governed. Yet, in America, fundraising for the Lady dragged. Had it not been for publisher Joseph Pulitzer's flashy fundraising campaign in the World, the entire project likely would have collapsed\"-- Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: Empire State editions, an imprint of Fordham University Press
• Subject: Bartholdi, Frâedâeric Auguste, 1834-1904. / Statue of Liberty (New York, N.Y.) History. / Monuments New York (State) New York Design and construction. / New York (N.Y.) Buildings, structures, etc. History. / United States Emigration and immigration History. / United States Relations France. / France Relations United States.
• ISBN: 9780823285334, 0823285332

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
F128.64.L6 D56 2019	1	BOOK	GENERAL