Liberty's Torch: The Great Adventure to Build the Statue of Liberty

Liberty's Torch: The Great Adventure to Build the Statue of Liberty
ISBN-10
0802122574
ISBN-13
9780802122575
Category
Art
Pages
310
Language
English
Published
2014
Publisher
Grove Press
Author
Elizabeth Mitchell

Description

Describes the story of the young French artist and entrepreneur who set off for America after the Franco-Prussian War and how he envisioned, creatively funded and built the Statue of Liberty.

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