TY  - BOOK
AU  - Khan,Yasmin Sabina
TI  - Enlightening the World: The Creation of the Statue of Liberty
SN  - 9780801460210
AV  - F128 
U1  - 974.7/1 
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Ithaca
PB  - Cornell University Press
KW  - Bartholdi, Frédéric Auguste, -- 1834-1904
KW  - Statue of Liberty (New York, N.Y.) -- History
KW  - Monuments -- New York (State) -- New York -- Design and construction
KW  - New York (N.Y.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- History
KW  - United States -- Relations -- France
KW  - France -- Relations -- United States
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Idea -- 2. A Champion of Liberty -- 3. Bonds of Friendship -- 4. The French Sculptor -- 5. Bartholdi's Tour of America and the American Architect -- 6. Washington, D.C., as a National Symbol -- 7. Bartholdi's Design -- 8. The Statue Takes Shape -- 9. The American Committee and the French Engineers -- 10. Hunt Designs a Pedestal -- 11. Fundraising and a Visionary Sonnet -- 12. The Unveiling -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
N2  - Conceived in the aftermath of the American Civil War and the grief that swept France over the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, the Statue of Liberty has been a potent symbol of the nation's highest ideals since it was unveiled in 1886. Dramatically
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