Hanging Off Jefferson's Nose: Growing Up On Mount Rushmore

by Tina Nichols Coury

Other authorsSally Wern Comport (Illustrator)
Hardcover, 2012

Library's review

Lincoln Borglum was 12 years old when his father was commissioned to design a monument out of Mount Rushmore, a project that Lincoln, as an adult, would lead to completion. Large-scale illustrations emphasize the massive size of the endeavor. Afterword, Bibliography.

Publication

Dial Books (2012), Edition: First Edition, 40 pages

Description

Lincoln Borglum was the son of Gutzon Borglum, the man who dreamed up the idea of carving four presidents' faces into the rockface of Mount Rushmore. The younger Borglum was the man who actually completed the project, and this is his story.

Language

Original language

English

Pages

40

Physical description

40 p.; 11.25 inches

ISBN

0803737319 / 9780803737310

DDC/MDS

730.92
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