Elizabeth Mitchell (2)

Autore di Liberty's Torch: The Great Adventure to Build the Statue of Liberty

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Sull'Autore

Elizabeth Mitchell is the author of nonfiction books including Liberty's Torch: The Great Adventure to Build the Statue of Liberty. Her novella-length work, The Fearless Mrs. Goodwin, was a New York Times and Amazon nonfiction bestseller.

Opere di Elizabeth Mitchell

Popolari Recenti

Liberty's Torch: The Great Adventure to Build the Statue of Liberty (2014) 131 copie

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W: Revenge of the Bush Dynasty (2003) 48 copie

The Fearless Mrs. Goodwin (Kindle Single) (2011) 33 copie

Lincoln’s Lie: A True Civil War Caper Through Fake News, Wall Street, and the White House (2020) 26 copie

Lady with a Past (2011) 9 copie

The Fire Horse (2012) 4 copie

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2016 (2) Americano (2) animali (2) Biografia (8) Bush (2) charismatic (2) Chris Antley (2) Copertina rigida (2) D. Wayne Lukas (2) da leggere (21) EBook (2) Elizabeth Mitchell (2) Equus caballus (6) firmato (2) Francese (2) Francia (7) George H. W. Bush (2) George W. Bush (5) Gioco d'azzardo (2) Guerra civile (2) History Shorts (2) Ingegneria (2) Ippica (18) kindle (5) Lincoln (2) Monumento (6) New York (stato) (6) New York City (7) New York State (2) non letto (2) Politica (3) Saggistica (27) short form (2) sport (3) Stati Uniti d'America (11) Statua della Libertà (10) Storia (31) storia americana (9) Storia degli Stati Uniti d'America (4) XIX secolo (3)

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Informazioni generali

Sesso: female
Nazionalità: USA
Luogo di residenza: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Attività lavorative: Journalist
Breve biografia: Elizabeth Mitchell is an award-winning journalist. She served as executive editor of George magazine and features editor of SPIN. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. [from The Fearless Mrs. Goodwin (2011)]

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Liberty's Torch: The Great Adventure to Build the… di Elizabeth Mitchell

I learned so much from this book but at times it was a very dry read.

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aberman | 1 altra recensione | Sep 20, 2023 |

Liberty's Torch di Elizabeth Mitchell

A detailed history of both the artist and the statue and its long road from development to completion. It is a wonder that the Statue of Liberty was ever built because its faced major hurdles all along the way not just in design but more importantly in funding. The United States and France were to share the cost but while the French fairly quickly paid for the statue itself the US could not find donors to pay for its base. Were it not for Joseph Pulitzer (newspaper fame) taking the fundraising under his wing we might never have seen this wonderful monument built. This and many other insights are shown in this highly informative book.… (altro)

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muddyboy | 1 altra recensione | Jul 13, 2014 |

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