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Publisher: Pocket Sized - Found Image Pre
ISBN: 9781669508410
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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The Vintage Journal Statue of Liberty Head, New York pocket journal features an illustration of Statue of Liberty head. This journal has full color decorative vintage art on the cover, and is the perfect companion for your next trip, writing project, to-do list, or any occasion where a handy notebook is needed. Found Image Press Vintage Journals feature vintage art that celebrates your favorite places, hobbies and interests. The front cover design features a classic piece of art from the Found Image Press collection of over 60,000 pictures. - 4 x 6 inches - 100 lined opaque pages - Soft matte finish
Author: Elizabeth Mitchell
Publisher: Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN: 0802192556
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 293
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“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
Author: Jill Ryder
Publisher: Carriage Assoc. of America
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 47
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FEATURES The Pemberton Collection: Under the Hammer 99 Harness Racing on the Ice __ - 103 Preserving Historic Paint Layers _ .. _ _ - 107 Readers' Forum _ - .. - -_ - .. - .. 110 The Lady on the Liberty Run 111 Coaching with Nemitz in Bavaria __ 112 The D. W. Scobie Wagon Factory - _ 115 Pair Harness - -·············---·--· 116 Feeding the Pleasure Driving Horse _ .. __ 118 James Lynwood Palmer: Artist, Whip. 119 Three Days Back in Time .. _ - -_ __ 124 A Look Ahead: CAA Convention in Shelburne 129 DEPARTMENTS The View from the Box -- ·--- .. -- .. - 98 Name That Carriage: The Portland Cutter 102 Memories Mostly Horsy - - 104 From the CMA's Library: Springs - -- 123 Book Reviews - - -·····-···· 126 Letters to the Editor .. , .. _ - - 126 The Carriage Trade - 127
Author: Claudia Friddell
Publisher: Thinkingdom
ISBN: 1635923662
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 26
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Here is the story of how the Statue of Liberty got its pedestal when Joseph Pulitzer, a Jewish immigrant and famous newsman, created one of the first American crowdfunding campaigns to raise money for it. When Joseph Pulitzer first saw the Statue of Liberty's head in Paris, he shared sculptor Auguste Bartholdi's dream of seeing France's gift of friendship stand in the New York harbor. Pulitzer loved words, and the word he loved best was liberty. Frustrated that many, especially wealthy New Yorkers, were not interested in paying for the statue's needed pedestal, Pulitzer used his newspaper, the New York World, to call on all Americans to contribute. Claudia Friddell's text and Stacy Innerst's illustrations capture this inspiring story of how one immigrant brought together young and old, rich and poor, to raise funds for the completion of a treasured national monument.
Author: David F. Remington
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
ISBN: 0815651643
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 355
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The concept of an "honest Tammany man" sounds like an oxymoron, but it became a reality in the curious career of Ashbel P. Fitch, who served New York City as a four-term congressman and a one-term city comptroller during the late nineteenth century. Although little known today, Fitch was well respected in his own day and played a pivotal role on both national and local stages. In the U.S. Congress, Fitch was a passionate advocate of New York City. His support of tariff reform and his efforts to have New York City chosen as the site for an 1892 World Exposition reflected his deep interest in issues of industrialization and urbanization. An ardent defender of immigrant rights, Fitch opposed the xenophobia of the times and championed cosmopolitan diversity. As New York’s comptroller, he oversaw the city’s finances during a time of terrible economic distress, withstanding threats from Tammany Hall on one side and from Mayor William L. Strong’s misguided reform administration on the other. In Ashbel P. Fitch, Remington succeeds in illuminating the independence and integrity of this unsung hero against the backdrop of the Gilded Age’s corrupt politics and fierce party loyalty.
Author: John Albert Sleicher
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Languages : en
Pages : 900
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Languages : en
Pages : 548
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Author: Jane Yolen
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0399242503
Category : Emigration and immigration
Languages : en
Pages : 34
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In parallel stories, a Ukrainian Jewish family prepares to emigrate to the United States in the late 1800s, and Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi designs, raises funds for, and builds the Statue of Liberty in honor of the U.S. centennial.
Author: Linda Glaser
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0547768958
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
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Give me your tired, your poor Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free...Who wrote these words? And why? In 1883, Emma Lazarus, deeply moved by an influx of immigrants from Eastern Europe, wrote a sonnet that was to give voice to the Statue of Liberty. Originally a gift from France to celebrate our shared national struggles for liberty, the Statue, thanks to Emma's poem, slowly came to shape our hearts, defining us as a nation that welcomes and gives refuge to those who come to our shores. This title has been selected as a Common Core Text Exemplar (Grades 4-5, Poetry)
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Languages : en
Pages : 716
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