Hanging Off Jefferson's Nose - Growing Up on Mount Rushmore

Informationen zum Autor Tina Nichols Coury--also known as The Rushmore Kid--is an artist and author who spent several years researching this book. Sally Wern Comport has received numerous honors! including The Society of Illustrators!Communication Arts! Print magazine! How magazine! and many Addy awards. She has illustrated several books for young readers. Klappentext Lincoln Borglum was a young boy when his father! the great sculptor Gutzon Borglum! began work on Mount Rushmore. But the work would never be finished by Gutzon. It would be his son who would complete the 14-year task and present America with one of its most iconic symbols. Full color. Zusammenfassung Growing up in the shadow of Mount Rushmore Lincoln Borglum was a young boy when his father! the great sculptor Gutzon Borglum! suggested to a group of South Dakota businessmen that he should carve the faces of four presidents into a side of a mountain as an attraction for tourists. But Mount Rushmore would never be finished by Gutzon. It would be his son who would complete the fourteen-year task and present America with one of its most iconic symbols. A California Reading Association Eureka! Honor Book Award-winner

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Tina Nichols Coury, Tina Nichols/ Comport Coury, Sally Wern Comport
• Con la collaborazione di: Sally Wern Comport (Illustrazione), Sally Wern Comport (Illustrazione)
• Editore: Penguin Books USA
• Lingue: Inglese
• Raccomandazione d'eta': 5 a 8 anni
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 10.05.2012, ritardato
• EAN: 9780803737310
• ISBN: 978-0-8037-3731-0
• Pagine: 40
• Categoria: Libri per bambini e per ragazzi > Saggi / saggi illustrati > Arte, musica