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Cargando... Saving Lady Liberty Joseph Pulitzer's Fight For the Statue of Liberty (edición 2020)por Claudia Friddell
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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. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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Although familiar with Joseph Pulitzer's name, thanks to the Pulitzer Prizes created through his bequest, I knew very little about the man himself, going in to Saving Lady Liberty: Joseph Pulitzer's Fight for the Statue of Liberty, and therefore found it most informative. Friddell's narrative emphasizes the importance that Pulitzer always placed on liberty, and on justice for the ordinary people, and she focuses on how those ideals played out, as he worked toward the goal of raising the funds for the statue's base. The author's biographical blurb on the rear dust-jacket flap describes Pulitzer's efforts as a "crowd-funding" campaign, which is an interesting way of looking at it, applying a more recent lens to the historical events described within. While this certainly wasn't the first time in history that a public monument was funded through subscription from many donors, Pulitzer's campaign was groundbreaking, in the sense that he used the media to enlist the wider public, rather than just appealing to elites. In any case, the story here is inspiring, reminding young readers that the general American public helped to fund the base of one of our most beloved and recognizable national icons. The Statue of Liberty belongs to the people, and the people helped to fund it. It's worth recalling of course, that the French people funded the creation and construction of the statue itself, and that it was a gift from their nation to ours. The accompanying artwork from Innerst, done in gouache, acrylic and ink, is striking, and although not exactly to my taste, aesthetically speaking, works very well with the text. The back matter includes a note from the author, fun facts about Pulitzer and about the Statue of Liberty, a detailed timeline, and a list of sources. Recommended to young biography and history lovers, and to any child interested in the Statue of Liberty. As it briefly mentions Emma Lazarus, it could pair very nicely with titles like Emma's Poem: The Voice of the Statue of Liberty. ( )