Monument maker : Daniel Chester French and the Lincoln Memorial

Monument maker : Daniel Chester French and the Lincoln Memorial / written by Linda Booth Sweeney ; illustrated by Shawn Fields.

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 si...

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Main Author: Sweeney, Linda Booth, 1963- (Author)
Other Authors: Fields, Shawn (Shawn G.), 1973- (Illustrator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Thomaston, Maine : Concord, MA : Tilbury House Publishers ; in association with the Concord Museum, [2019]
Subjects:
French, Daniel Chester, > 1850-1931 > Juvenile literature.
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865 > Monuments > Juvenile literature.
Sculptors > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Lincoln Memorial (Washington, D.C.) > Juvenile literature.
National monuments > Juvenile literature.
Washington (D.C.) > Buildings, structures, etc. > Juvenile literature.
Informational works.
Illustrated works.
Biographies.
Juvenile works.
Holy Cross Note:Alumna/Alumnus author.
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Call Number: NB237.F7 S94 2019
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