<i>Hanging Off Jefferson's Nose: Growing Up on Mount Rushmore</i> (review)
2012; Johns Hopkins University Press; Volume: 65; Issue: 10 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1353/bcc.2012.0467
ISSN1558-6766
Autores Tópico(s)American Environmental and Regional History
ResumoReviewed by: Hanging Off Jefferson's Nose: Growing Up on Mount Rushmore Elizabeth Bush Coury, Tina Nichols . Hanging Off Jefferson's Nose: Growing Up on Mount Rushmore; illus. by Sally Wern Comport. Dial, 2012. 32p. ISBN 978-0-8037-3731-0 $16.99 R Gr. 3-5. The story of the monumental South Dakota sculpture of Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and T. Roosevelt generally ends with a brief allusion to the fact that its creator, Gutzon Borglum, died before its completion, which was then carried out by his son. Coury turns her attention to the story of Gutzon Borglum's son Lincoln, tracing the interest in sculpture he developed at his father's side, his practical experience at the monument site, and his willingness to put his own educational and professional prospects on hold to join in his father's dream. Interspersed with Lincoln's biography is enough description of the sculpting process—which involved lots of blasting, windstorms, and general vertiginous peril—to satisfy youngsters whose interests run more to the engineering side of the venture. Comport's acrylic and pastel artwork, based on digitized original drawings, mirror Coury's careful balance between Lincoln's personal story and the actual execution of the epic undertaking. Children who enjoyed Lynn Curlee's Rushmore (BCCB 3/99) will want to complete the story with a closer look at the man who completed the monument. A selected bibliography is appended. [End Page 505] Copyright © 2012 The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
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