Monument Maker: Daniel Chester French and the Lincoln Memorial - Couverture rigide

Sweeney, Linda Booth

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0884486435 ISBN 13 : 9780884486435

Editeur : Tilbury House,U.S., 2019

Synopsis

This is the story of how a farmboy became America's foremost sculptor. After failing at academics, Dan was working the family farm when he idly carved a turnip into a frog and discovered what he was meant to do. Sweeney's swift prose and Fields's evocative illustrations capture the single-minded determination with which Dan taught himself to sculpt and launched his career with the famous Minuteman Statue in his hometown of Concord, Massachusetts.

This is also the story of the Lincoln Memorial, French's culminating masterpiece. Thanks to this lovingly created tribute to the towering leader of Dan's youth, Abraham Lincoln lives on as the man of marble, his craggy face and careworn gaze reminding millions of seekers what America can be. Dan's statue is no lifeless figure, but a powerful, vital touchstone of a nation's ideals. Now Dan French has his tribute too, in this exquisite biography that brings history to life for young readers.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Linda Booth Sweeney is an accomplished writer and an educator specializing in the exploration of living systems.

Shawn Fields studied art at the School of Visual Arts, the Arts Student's League, and the New York Academy of Art. His work has been exhibited at ArtBasel Miami, Forbes Gallery NYC, Arcadia NYC, and is collected worldwide.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Tilbury House,U.S.
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0884486435
• ISBN 13: 9780884486435
• Reliure: Relié
• Illustrateur: Fields Shawn
• Nombre de pages: 64
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• Personne responsable: non disponible