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]
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