Bibliograph

Saving Lady Liberty, Joseph Pulitzer's fight for the Statue of Liberty, Claudia Friddell ; illustrated by Stacy Innerst

Type

Label

Saving Lady Liberty, Joseph Pulitzer's fight for the Statue of Liberty, Claudia Friddell ; illustrated by Stacy Innerst

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Saving Lady Liberty

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1152894499

Responsibility statement

Claudia Friddell ; illustrated by Stacy Innerst

Sub title

Joseph Pulitzer's fight for the Statue of Liberty

Summary

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

Target audience

juvenile

Classification