Vinnie and Abraham

Vinnie and Abraham PDF Author: Dawn FitzGerald
Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
ISBN: 1570916586
Category : Sculptors
Languages : en
Pages : 43

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"The true story of Vinnie Ream's courage and persistence in the service of art, and in the service of a friend."--Dust jacket, front flap.

Vinnie and Abraham

Vinnie and Abraham PDF Author: Dawn FitzGerald
Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
ISBN: 1570916586
Category : Sculptors
Languages : en
Pages : 43

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Book Description
"The true story of Vinnie Ream's courage and persistence in the service of art, and in the service of a friend."--Dust jacket, front flap.

Letters from Vinnie

Letters from Vinnie PDF Author: Maureen Stack Sappey
Publisher: Boyds Mills Press
ISBN: 9781590785386
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 260

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Book Description
A fictionalized account of the Washington, D.C., Civil War years experienced by Vinnie Ream the sculptress, best known for the statue of Abraham Lincoln that is in the Capitol building.

A Labor of Love

A Labor of Love PDF Author: Glenn V. Sherwood
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780961574369
Category : Sculptors
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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VINNIE REAM was a government postal worker and a teenage art prodigy who studied at the U.S. Capitol during the Civil War. She was able to model Abraham Lincoln prior to his assassination in 1865. In 1866, Congress wanted a statue of Lincoln and voted to give the young woman a chance to make the work. Vinnie became the first woman and the youngest artist to receive a U.S. Government commission for a statue. Her tragic true-to-life marble figure of Lincoln in the U.S. Capitol rotunda was unveiled in 1871. The work and its artist generated a storm of controversy. Vinnie Ream overcame a campaign of slander and courageously completed the statue despite many obstacles. This book is the true story of that dramatic struggle. It is an attempt to document the life and work of a famous, but forgotten, American woman sculptor. The information it contains came from hundreds of sources and is the end result of many years of study. The book shows the known art of Vinnie Ream in pictures and presents an inventory of her work for the first time. One purpose of this is to challenge the assumption that she was only an artist of "secondary importance". It is our hope that her true role in art history can be better determined by this detailed survey. Another purpose of this volume is to tell an accurate version of Vinnie Ream's life story. It attempts to transcend both the "Cinderella" and notorious elements written in the past by giving more original and more balanced information. Uncut speeches, debates, news stories and letters have been included where possible to let the characters speak for themselves. It is our hope that this book will stimulate more in-depth study of neglected artists and helpto hoist them out of the abyss of historical obscurity.

Vinnie Ream

Vinnie Ream PDF Author: Edward Cooper
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
ISBN: 0897339649
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 327

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She was able, through clever maneuvering and dogged determination, to achieve a commission from the Congress for a life-sized statue of the assassinated president—this despite the very real animus against women artists at that time, which is apparent in the heated arguments against granting her the Lincoln commission—arguments spearheaded in the Senate by Charles Sumner of Massachusetts.Steeped in the history of her time, Vinnie Ream was involved with dozens of senators and congressmen and other powerful men—not least of all Generals Sherman and Custer—and her studio on Capitol Hill became a legendary stopping place for many admirers and tourists. Her statue of Lincoln stands in the rotunda of the capitol building; her statue of Admiral Farragut stands in a Washington, D.C. park; other works are in Statuary Hall and various museums. This is an engaging biography of a spirited female artist, and an effective portrait of Washington, D.C. in the Civil War era.

Vinnie and Abraham

Vinnie and Abraham PDF Author: Catherine Stock
Publisher: Paw Prints
ISBN: 9781439595145
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Book Description
Chronicles the life of Vinnie Ream, her apprenticeship as a sculptor and how, after Abraham Lincoln's assassination, she fights prejudice for the honor of sculpting the statue of Lincoln in the Capitol rotunda.

Vinnie and Abraham

Vinnie and Abraham PDF Author: Dawn FitzGerald
Publisher: Charlesbridge
ISBN: 1607341212
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48

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Book Description
The true story of Vinnie Ream's courage and persistence in the service of art, and in the service of a friend.

Soccer Chick Rules

Soccer Chick Rules PDF Author: Dawn FitzGerald
Publisher: Square Fish
ISBN: 1250111218
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 161

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Book Description
Tess's love in life is soccer. When she finds out that all sports at her school will be cut unless the community votes for a tax levy, Tess will do anything to rally votes. She's even joining forces with a cheerleader to help spread the word and raise funds. Throughout the campaign to save soccer, Tess is playing her heart out on the soccer field and struggling to make passing grades in her classes. But if the levy doesn't pass, will it all have been for nothing? Find out in Dawn FitzGerald's Soccer Chick Rules.

Lincoln and His Boys

Lincoln and His Boys PDF Author: Rosemary Wells
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 0763654353
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 97

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Book Description
An intimate, moving portrait of Abraham Lincoln as rarely seen—through the eyes of his children—and captured in exquisite illustrations. Historians claim him as one of America’s most revered presidents. But to his rambunctious sons, Abraham Lincoln was above all a playful and loving father. Here is Lincoln as seen by two of his boys: Willie, thrilled to be on his first train trip when Lincoln was deciding to run for president; Willie and Tad barging into Cabinet meetings to lift Lincoln’s spirits in the early days of the Civil War, Tad accompanying him to Richmond just after the South’s defeat. With the war raging and the Union under siege, we see history unfolding through Willie’s eyes and then through Tad’s -- and we see Lincoln rising above his own inborn sadness and personal tragedy through his devotion to his sons. With evocative and engaging illustrations by P.J. Lynch, Rosemary Wells offers a carefully researched biography that gives us a Lincoln not frozen in time but accessible and utterly real. Back matter includes an author’s note.

In Her Hands

In Her Hands PDF Author: Alan Schroeder
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781600603327
Category : African American sculptors
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Book Description
A recreation of events from the childhood and early career of Augusta Savage, a pioneering female sculptor and major figure of the Harlem Renaissance.

Getting in the Game

Getting in the Game PDF Author: Dawn FitzGerald
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312377533
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 148

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Book Description
With humor and a feisty spirit, Jo fights for her place both on and off the ice in this funny and feisty middle-grade novel.