Monument Maker: Daniel Chester French and the Lincoln Memorial (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780884486435)

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 single-minded determination with which Dan taught himself to sculpt and launched his career with the famous Minuteman Statue in his hometown of Concord, Massachusetts.

This is also the story of the Lincoln Memorial, French's culminating masterpiece. Thanks to this lovingly created tribute to the towering leader of Dan's youth, Abraham Lincoln lives on as the man of marble, his craggy face and careworn gaze reminding millions of seekers what America can be. Dan's statue is no lifeless figure, but a powerful, vital touchstone of a nation's ideals. Now Dan French has his tribute too, in this exquisite biography that brings history to life for young readers.

Author: Linda Booth Sweeney
ISBN-10: 0884486435
ISBN-13: 9780884486435
Publisher: Tilbury House Publishers
Language: English
Published: 09/03/2019
Pages: 64
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.45lbs
Size: 9.20h x 11.10w x 0.60d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.5
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 505366 / Monument Maker: Daniel Chester French and the Lincoln Memorial


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2019
School Library Journal 08/16/2019 pg. 1
Booklist 09/15/2019 pg. 46