Saving Lady Liberty: Joseph Pulitzer's Fight for the Statue of Liberty

by Claudia Friddell

Book Overview

NCSS/CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Book

Here is the story of how the Statue of Liberty got its pedestal when Joseph Pulitzer, a Jewish immigrant and famous newsman, created one of the first American crowdfunding campaigns to raise money for it.

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1684371309
• ISBN13: 9781684371303
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: Calkins Creek Books
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.7" x 11.1"
• Age Range: 7 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 5