Hanging Off Jeffersons Nose: Growing Up On Mount Rushmore
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The front jacket shows the scale better than words could. Endpapers introduce the location front opening and depict the result back opening. These are realistic enough to create the time and place in pleasantly impressionistic style. The extensive text is placed in various locations. Grab a morning coffee and a snack and Starbucks or Einstein Bros.
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Hanging Off Jefferson's Nose: Growing Up On Mount Rushmore by Tina Nichols Coury
Write a customer review. See all customer images. Read reviews that mention mount rushmore hanging off jefferson gutzon borglum jeffersons nose beautiful illustrations lincoln american details monument project sculptor tells. Showing of 11 reviews. Top Reviews Most recent Top Reviews. There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later. I bought this book to go along with a homeschool co-op lesson I was teaching about Mt.
Rushmore and a soap carving activity. It was an entertaining book as well as informative. We had gone to Mount Rushmore several years ago with our grandson and this helped him remember the trip and the art work. I really liked the book. She did a wonderful job of telling the story of the son finishing his fathers dream and vision. One person found this helpful. This is a beautifully illustrated well-written story about a little known subject. Almost everyone associates the Mount Rushmore monument with its designer and creator, Gutzon Borglum. How many people know that this majestic project was continued and finished by his son Lincoln?
Children can learn about a great moment in American history and what hardships and obstacles were overcome in creating an American icon. A perfect book for ages 6 - 12, I purchased a copy for my grandchildren and watched them devour it. A fantastic story of how Mt Rushmore was created. Beautiful illustrations and an easy read for all ages. A must read for any family traveling out west to see this national landmark. A book about a hard-working young man, the son of Mount Rushmore sculptor Gutzon Borglum.
The book focuses on Lincoln Borglum's early life of work and discipline and then the huge responsibility he undertook when his father died with the project incomplete. Hardcover , 40 pages. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Hanging Off Jefferson's Nose , please sign up. Be the first to ask a question about Hanging Off Jefferson's Nose. Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia. May 26, Edward Sullivan rated it liked it Shelves: Interesting story of how Lincoln Borglum helped to complete his sculptor father's vision of Mount Rushmore.
Mar 16, Annalisa rated it really liked it Shelves: Hanging Off Jefferson's Nose tells young readers about the boy who grew up on Mt Rushmore, one of the most famous landmarks in America. Lincoln is the son of the sculptor Gutzon Borglum. Named after Abraham Lincoln, he is an American hero in his own right.
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This story has not been widely known. Young readers and adults, will love learning about Lincoln and the role he played in creating and completing the monument. The beautiful illustrations and engaging text offer the "story behind the story" i Hanging Off Jefferson's Nose tells young readers about the boy who grew up on Mt Rushmore, one of the most famous landmarks in America. The beautiful illustrations and engaging text offer the "story behind the story" including details about the challenges faced during the building process.
This book might be too detailed for young readers, however, I think they will still be truly fascinating with book with great pictures! I would put this book in my block center. Sculptor is someone who carves stone. Mount Rushmore is a big sculpture of four of American presidents.
Mount Rushmore is in South Dakota. Mar 25, Ann rated it really liked it. Coury tells the fascinating story of Lincoln Borglum, the son of the Mount Rushmore sculptor, who himself played an important role in seeing the project finished after his father died. Comport's lovely illustrations complement the text, which gives details most readers won't realize about how an important national monument came to be. Sep 30, Debra rated it really liked it Shelves: The cover is what caught my eye.
A very tiny man dangling from the carving of Thomas Jefferson's nose on Mount Rushmore. The book is beautifully illustrated and the story of how the monument came to life is told by the sculptor's son, Lincoln Borglum, as he grew up on the site. This definitely whet my appetite for more reading on this incredible feat of art and engineering. Apr 12, Stephanie Watson rated it liked it. Great story but very wordy for a picture book. Jul 11, Shirley rated it really liked it Shelves: This was such an interesting book to read about the story behind Mount Rushmore. It made me think about all the back stories to the many historical monuments and places in our country.
I've always been fascinated by Mount Rushmore and hope to visit it someday. This book made the monument even more interesting for me! A lot of facts that I never knew about: His son, Lincoln, took over the pro This was such an interesting book to read about the story behind Mount Rushmore. His son, Lincoln, took over the project and dedicated the early part of his life to completing his father's dream. Theodore Roosevelt was added with the persuasion of President Coolidge. The crew had already started working on the half-finished image of President Jefferson but they had to blow off the mountain and start again on the other side.
Last quote from the book that was heartfelt last page: Nov 11, Brenda rated it really liked it. Mount Rushmore is amazing. It is stunning to see and imagining the enormity of the accomplishment is mind-boggling.
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And then you read the book and realize there is so much more involved - investigating the stability of the rock, creating two-story models so the men working on the proj Hanging off Jefferson's Nose - Growing up on Mount Rushmore by Tina Nicholas Coury tells the story of Lincoln Borglum, the son of the sculptor, Gutzon Borglum, who designed the great monument on Mount Rushmore.
And then you read the book and realize there is so much more involved - investigating the stability of the rock, creating two-story models so the men working on the project would know the dimensions they were working on, keeping the crew safe and warm all year. It wasn't a fair weather project. Stairways, scaffolding, dynamite, starting over, taking care of the men, taking care of the Lakota tribe, adjusting and readjusting the design, losing your father, being commissioned as head sculptor and dedicating fourteen years of your life to see a project through to its end.
I don't think you'll see any sculpture in the same way once you read this book. It is such an amazing feet of engineering and art created by an entire community dedicated to one task and doing something they believed in. Lincoln was 15 when his father began the project.
Hanging Off Jefferson's Nose: Growing Up On Mount Rushmore
He was 29 when he finished the project for his father. May 10, Barbara rated it liked it Shelves: The creative imaginings of sculptor Gurzon Borglum, Mount Rushmore, a rocky tribute to four American presidents, took 14 years to complete.
Although he envisioned the challenging project and began the blasting and carving into the side of a mountain, Borglum did not live to see its conclusion. When he died, his twenty-nine-year-old son, Lincoln, who had learned how to perform many of the jobs associated with the project, completed the massive project. I was intrigued to read all the details abou The creative imaginings of sculptor Gurzon Borglum, Mount Rushmore, a rocky tribute to four American presidents, took 14 years to complete.